inapt

How To Use inapt In A Sentence

• Many of the Bushisms strike me as unfair and inapt, which is why I comment onthem. The Volokh Conspiracy » Yesterday’s Bushism of the Day:
• A brown sunburnt gentleman, who appears in some inaptitude for sleep to be wandering abroad rather than counting the hours on a restless pillow, strolls hitherward at this quiet time. Bleak House
• McPalin - Never fail to rise above their own heights of inaptitude, McLame makes W. look like Einstien in his prime. Election Central Sunday Roundup
• Such military terms are inapt for a situation where the means and purpose of the events are unclear, as are the antagonists. Cybercrime Comes to the IMF
• [69: 1] We have a Gillespie setting aside the Design Argument on the ground that the reasonings by which it is supported are 'inapt' to show such attributes as infinity, omnipresence, free agency, omnipotency, eternality, or unity, 'belong in any way to God. An Apology for Atheism Addressed to Religious Investigators of Every Denomination by One of Its Apostles
• But this is best seen in quicksilver, which is not inaptly called mineral water. The New Organon
• Moreover, the use of ‘shall’ in the condition is inapt: the condition was not requiring, merely enabling, the indoor market to the held on up to ten days throughout the year over and above Saturdays and Sundays.
• This inapt degree of welfare has been publicly acknowledged as a triggering factor for the low social status and recognition of teachers in society.
• And it strikes me as a singularly inapt analogy to make, an analogy that ought to make one question its user's underlying thinking about the problem.
• In fact, I have seen this Act described as a treaty and I do not know whether, in real terms, that is an entirely inapt description.