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Recent Examples of inapt Beyond the application of arguably inapt legal and regulatory standards, technical and operational challenges may likewise hinder deAI adoption. Charlyn Ho, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025 The result invites obvious yet not inapt comparisons to the work of Terrence Malick, but Bentley’s film—for all its crystalline imagery, its vision of Grainier’s home as a fallen Eden, and its air of metaphysical wonderment—unfolds in a more dramatically direct, compacted register. Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025 As Pettis explains, the problem is one of inapt comparisons. Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025 The visual flair peaks in the first episode, along with the series’ shallow, if not necessarily inapt, insight into life in this particular time and place. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025 Beyond the application of arguably inapt legal and regulatory standards, technical and operational challenges may likewise hinder deAI adoption. Charlyn Ho, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025 As Pettis explains, the problem is one of inapt comparisons. Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025 The visual flair peaks in the first episode, along with the series’ shallow, if not necessarily inapt, insight into life in this particular time and place. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025 The comparison is pungent but inapt: Archival work is not death work. Jesse Green, New York Times, 14 May 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inapt
Adjective
  • Mickey Rourke was removed from the Celebrity Big Brother UK house after further usage of inappropriate language.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Lewin has insisted there was nothing inappropriate about this visit.
    Nick Tabor, Curbed, 11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Just like an organization being certain that other players are unfit for the harsh glare of intense games in April.
    Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The injunction request stated the premises were unfit for occupancy and owners did not have a valid city business license.
    Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • If the new wells prove unsuitable for city use, the city has a contingency plan designed for rehabilitation.
    Kyle Martin, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Until now, scientists have generally thought that planets orbiting white dwarfs would be unsuitable for life because the dynamic temperature decrease of their dead parent star makes their atmospheres too unstable.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The police department’s insufficient and incompetent investigation cannot stand.
    Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2025
  • After almost a year of being declared incompetent, her trial began in April 2023.
    Miguel Torres, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The Times' then-editorial page editor, James Bennet, who had inserted the incorrect claims into the passage, wrote an apology that was posted to the opinion section's social media account.
    David Folkenflik, NPR, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Specifically, the extension payment date for taxpayers who log into the IRS website is incorrect.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Instances of fraud and other types of improper payments at SSA—particularly in the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance program—are modest compared with other federal agencies, per a Government Accountability Office report.
    Doug Criscitello, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The Pakistani-Indian restaurant was issued a yellow placard for storing spoiled food and keeping food in improper containers.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Rats, for example, are incapable of vomiting, which is why rat poison works so well.
    Angela Haupt, Time, 7 Apr. 2025
  • This definition also includes instance in which the victim is incapable of giving consent because of temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity (include due to the influence of drugs or alcohol) or because of age.
    Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Five justices said the lawsuit was brought in the wrong venue.
    Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2025
  • His interrogator conceded that the police must have gotten the wrong guy and released him within weeks.
    Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025

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“Inapt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inapt. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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