Inapt

/ɪnˈæpt/

Synonyms for "inapt" (111 found)

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Closest matches (23)

Adjective(5 words)

academic misfitawkward clumsy cumbersome ill-chosen

artless awkward bad banal clumsy extraneous flat futile gauchehalf assedhalf-assed ill-adapted ill-advised ill-assorted ill-chosen ill-considered ill-fitted ill-matched

Strong matches (33)

ill-sorted ill-suited ill-timed impolitic improper inadept inadmissible inadvisable inapplicable inapposite inappropriate inattentive incongruous inefficient inept inexpedient inexpert infelicitous inopportune insipid

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irrelevant jejunemal a proposmaladjusted maladroit malapropos mediocre

Adjective(4 words)

ill-suited improper inappropriate inept

Verb(2 words)

malposed misapplied

Related words (55)

Noun(1 words)

misfitting

misjoined mismatched mismated misplacedout of characterout of jointout of keepingout of lineout of placeout of proportionout of seasonout of timeout of tunepedestrian point poorskill lessskill-less thoughtless unadapted

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Adjective(3 words)

unattuned unfitting unsuitable

Adjective(1 words)

unskilled

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6 relation types

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evaluative adjectivequality descriptor

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2 entries

ill-suited misfitting

Collocations

5 entries

ill-suited contextinapt applicationinapt choiceinapt exampleinapt remark

Inflections

2 entries

more inaptmost inapt

Derivations

2 entries

inaptly inaptness

similar

1 entries

infelicitous

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