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Examples of inapt in a Sentence
an inapt but well-meaning attempt to inject some humor into the proceedings
a recruit who was utterly inapt for most soldierly duties, so he spent most of his time playing in the army band
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The comparison is pungent but inapt: Archival work is not death work.
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Jesse Green, New York Times, 14 May 2024
Some assert that a grip can hardly be considered an inapt jail without also being a biplane.
—Jay Pilgreen, Kansas City Star, 12 Feb. 2024
If not then your analogy is inapt.
—Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2023
As a rebuke to warmongers, a monument from one Hohenzollern despot to another seems inapt and more like a hint to keep those hobnail jackboots handy.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 1 Apr. 2023
The comparison isn’t entirely inapt.
—New York Times, 19 Jan. 2021
Moreover, the analogy to securities regulation is inapt.
—M. Todd Henderson, WSJ, 16 May 2022
In making an inapt analogy to securities markets, Sen. Lee’s bill would take us back to a less efficient time.
—M. Todd Henderson, WSJ, 16 May 2022
And the insurgency scenario is based on an inapt analogy.
—Zalmay Khalilzad, WSJ, 16 Mar. 2022
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Jesse Green, New York Times, 14 May 2024
Some assert that a grip can hardly be considered an inapt jail without also being a biplane.
—Jay Pilgreen, Kansas City Star, 12 Feb. 2024
If not then your analogy is inapt.
—Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2023
As a rebuke to warmongers, a monument from one Hohenzollern despot to another seems inapt and more like a hint to keep those hobnail jackboots handy.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 1 Apr. 2023
The comparison isn’t entirely inapt.
—New York Times, 19 Jan. 2021
Moreover, the analogy to securities regulation is inapt.
—M. Todd Henderson, WSJ, 16 May 2022
In making an inapt analogy to securities markets, Sen. Lee’s bill would take us back to a less efficient time.
—M. Todd Henderson, WSJ, 16 May 2022
And the insurgency scenario is based on an inapt analogy.
—Zalmay Khalilzad, WSJ, 16 Mar. 2022
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“Inapt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inapt. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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