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as in inappropriate
not appropriate for a particular occasion or situation
an inapt but well-meaning attempt to inject some humor into the proceedings
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as in unfit
lacking qualities (as knowledge, skill, or ability) required to do a job
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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With the rise of AI assistants designed to work in specific domains, there is a high risk of these models offering inappropriate answers on sensitive topics, like the chatbot for an eating disorder helpline that was shut down for giving detrimental advice.Olga Megorskaya, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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Gabriel Ibarra, 27, was charged Monday with child solicitation and inappropriate communication with a child.Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2024
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She was thrown out of her hotel residence for her nightly trysts and was deemed morally unfit to teach after an affair with a 17-year-old boy.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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So, with all of the items that are deemed unfit for hot water, what items are acceptable for these temperatures?Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2024
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Pre-existing conditions such as cardiac and liver issues make many older patients unsuitable for chemotherapy.Tlalit Bussi Tel Tzure, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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That makes algorithms such as SHA1 and MD5 unsuitable, because they’re designed to quickly hash messages with minimal computing required.Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2024
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The film, which is currently shooting on location, follows two incompetent paramedics completely out of their depth, who unwittingly become embroiled in a kidnapping plot.Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
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No doubt, President Biden was more than peeved that Harris and the Democrat-media-money machine overthrew him for someone that even Joe recognized was glaringly incompetent.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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This is important to keep in mind when evaluating polls, particularly where margins are small and performance is evaluated based on getting the winner right, i.e., polls could get close to the final vote share and yet point to the incorrect winner.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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In our experience, when customers migrate from ad hoc methods to integrated reporting, the omission of data sources or their incorrect assignment to location affects up to 25% of all data items.Martha Amram, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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If the audit resulted in finding improper charges or misapplied rates, those savings could be redirected into essential public services.Eric Steele, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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The article and the judge’s quote were referenced by the judicial panel in the admonishment as improper.Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
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The machines used to scan ballots at a voting precinct are incapable of having any Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, radio or network connection at all, according to Trowbridge.Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2024
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The temporary-turned-permanent arrangement declared Britney was incapable of managing her financial affairs and making basic life decisions, but her workload over the following years would prove otherwise.James Dinh, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2024
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But there's nothing wrong with admitting things don't always go as planned.Goro Gupta, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Of course, this also means there’s no wrong way to gift something warm and fuzzy for the holidays.Adam Mansuroglu, WWD, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Inapt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inapt. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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