inapposite

inapposite

English

Etymology

in- +‎ apposite

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈæpəzɪt/

Adjective

inapposite (comparative more inapposite, superlative most inapposite)

1. inappropriate, not suitable for the situation
   • 1817, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Biographia Literaria

     This remark, so ludicrously inapposite to, or rather, incongruous with, the purpose, for which I was known to have visited Birmingham, ... produced an involuntary and general burst of laughter;

Translations

inappropriate

Bulgarian: неподходящ (bg) (nepodhodjašt), неуместен (bg) (neumesten)

Swedish: olämplig (sv), opassande (sv)