inapt

Word family nouninaptitudeadjectiveinaptadverbinaptly

in·apt /ɪnˈæpt/ adjectiveadj formal

WRONG/UNSUITABLEan inapt phrase, statement etc is not right for a particular situation 〔措辞、陈述等〕不恰当的，不适宜的 → inept

a very inapt comment

很不恰当的评论

—inaptly adverbadv

—inaptness noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

inapt• In this respect, the oft-quoted cathedral metaphor is not inapt.• Both the barrister, and this court, accept with hindsight that his intervention was perhaps inapt or unfortunate.• Yet it is not altogether inapt that the Hymn of Riego became the anthem of liberalism.

词汇	inapt
释义	inapt Word family nouninaptitudeadjectiveinaptadverbinaptly in·apt /ɪnˈæpt/ adjectiveadj formal WRONG/UNSUITABLEan inapt phrase, statement etc is not right for a particular situation 〔措辞、陈述等〕不恰当的，不适宜的 → inept a very inapt comment 很不恰当的评论 —inaptly adverbadv —inaptness noun [uncountableU] Examples from the Corpus inapt• In this respect, the oft-quoted cathedral metaphor is not inapt.• Both the barrister, and this court, accept with hindsight that his intervention was perhaps inapt or unfortunate.• Yet it is not altogether inapt that the Hymn of Riego became the anthem of liberalism.
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