Inapposite

Definition: Inapposite

Inapposite

Adjective

1. Of an inappropriate or misapplied nature.

Date "inapposite" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1831. (references)

Synonym: Inapposite

Synonym: out of place (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Disagreement	Inapt, unapt, inappropriate, improper; unsuited, unsuitable; inapplicable, not to the point; unfit, unfitting, unbefitting; unbecoming; illtimed, unseasonable, mal a propos, inadmissible; inapposite; (irrelevant). uncongenial; ill-assorted, ill-sorted; mismatched, misjoined, misplaced, misclassified; unaccommodating, irreducible, incommensurable, uncommensurable; unsympathetic.
Irrelation	Not comparable, incommensurable, heterogeneous; unconformable. irrelevant, inapplicable; not pertinent, not to the, purpose; impertinent, inapposite, beside the mark, a propos de bottes; aside from the purpose, away from the purpose, foreign to the purpose, beside the purpose, beside the question, beside the transaction, beside the point; misplaced; (intrusive); traveling out of the record.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

"Inapposite" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Inapposite" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	6	143,867

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "inapposite"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		i papërshtatshëm (ill timed, ill-placed, ill-sorted, ill-suited, improper, inadequate, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, inconvenient, indecorous, ineligible, inept, infelicitous, out of place, reject, unadaptable, unapt, unbecoming, unbefitting, undesirable, undue, unequal, unfavorable, unfavourable, unmeet, unsuitable, unsuited, unusable, wrong), pa lidhje (desultory, discursive, disjointed, extraneous, inconsequent, rambling, unconnected). (various references)

Arabic		‏غير ملائم (awkward, awkwardly, clumsy, disadvantageous, inadequate, inapplicable, inappropriate, inapt, incommensurate, inconvenient, inept, unfortunate, unfriendly, unhandy, unseemly, unsuitable, untidy, untimely), ‏غير سديد, ‏غير صائب. (various references)

Bulgarian		неуместен (ill-judged, impertinent, improper, inappropriate, incongruous, inconsequent, inept, inexpedient, injudicious, inopportune, irrelevant, mistaken, out of place, unadvised, uncalled for, unfortunate, unseasonable, unsuitable), неподходящ (ill-suited, improper, inapplicable, inappropriate, inapt, incorrect, ineligible, inept, infelicitous, injudicious, inopportune, irrelative, irrelevant, out of place, unadapted, unapt, unbecoming, unbeseeming, uncongenial, undignified, undue, unequal, unfit, unseemly, unsuitable, unsuited, untoward, wrong). (various references)

Czech		nevhodný (clumsy, ill timed, impolitic, improper, inadequate, inadvisable, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, inconvenient, ineligible, inexpedient, inopportune, misbecoming, off-key, unappropriated, unapt, unbecoming, uncalled for, undesirable, undue, unfit, unlikely, unlucky, unseasonable, unseemly, unsuitable, untimely). (various references)

French		inopportun (inappropriate, inconvenient, inexpedient, inopportune), inconvenable (incongruous). (various references)

German		unpassend (ill timed, improper, inappropriate, inappropriately, inapt, incongruous, incongruously, indecorous, indecorously, inept, ineptly, inexpedient, inexpediently, infelicitous, inopportune, unbefitting, unfitting, unfittingly, unpassable, unsuitable, unsuitably, untimely, untoward), unangebracht (inappropriate, inappropriately, inept, infelicitous, inopportune, inopportunely, malapropos, misguided, misplaced, mistaken, uncalled for, undue, unsuitable). (various references)

Greek		αναρμόδιοσ (incompetent). (various references)

Hebrew		לא מתאים (improper, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, inept, unequal), שאי� ו במקומו. (various references)

Hungarian		rossz helyen alkalmazott, oda nem illõ. (various references)

Italian		improprio (improper, inapt), fuori luogo (Amiss, untimely). (various references)

Pig Latin		inappositeay

Portuguese		inoportuno (bad, embarrassing, goodygoody, gooey, ill treat, immaturity, imperturbability, importunate, inalienability, inconvenient, inexpedient, inopportune, not fitting, timeless, uncalled for, unseasonable, unseemly, unsuitable, untimely), inaplicável (irrelevant, irreligious), fora de propósito (Amiss, ill treat, inaptitude, inexpedient, uncalled for). (various references)

Romanian		nepotrivit (awkward, bad, discordant, dissonant, ill-matched, ill-sorted, improper, inadequate, inappropriate, inapt, incapable, incongruous, inconsistent, incorrect, ineligible, inept, inexpedient, infelicitous, inopportune, insufficient, intrusive, irrelevant, malapropos, misbecoming, off color, off colour, out of character, out of date, out of point, timeless, unapt, unbecoming, uncalled for, uncomely, undue, unequal, unfit, unmeet, unseasonable, untimely, unwarranted), deplasat (improper, incongruously, indecorous, inept, inopportune, out of place, unbecoming, uncalled for, unseasonable). (various references)

Russian		неуместный (ill-placed, impertinent, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, inept, injudicious, inopportune, irrelative, irrelevant, mistaken, out of place, uncalled for, uncalled-for, unseasonable), неподходящий (ill-suited, ill-timed, improper, inappropriate, inapt, ineligible, inopportune, unapt, unbecoming, unbefitting, unbeseeming, uncongenial, undesirable, unfit, unmeet, unsuitable, unsuited, unusable). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		neumestan (clumsy, place: out of place), nepogodan (disadvantageous, inconvenient, unaccommodating, unagreeable, unbefitting). (various references)

Spanish		inadecuado (inadequate, unequal, unfit, unsuitable), fuera de sitio. (various references)

Swedish		inte tillämplig (inapplicable), inte passande (inapplicable, unsuited), inte lämplig. (various references)

Turkish		yersiz (Amiss, baseless, beside the point, digressive, discursive, idle, ill timed, impertinent, improper, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, indecent, indiscreet, inept, inexpedient, infelicitous, injudicious, inopportune, irrelevant, malapropos, out of place, out of turn, uncalled for, uncomely, undue, unhappy, unjustifiable, unseasonable, untimely, untoward, unwarranted), uygunsuz (derogatory, illegitimate, impolitic, improper, inappropriate, incongruous, inconvenient, incorrect, indecent, indecorous, indelicate, ineligible, inexpedient, infelicitous, malapropos, near the knuckle, obnoxious, unbecoming, unbefitting, unbeseeming, uncalled for, unchristian, uncomely, unhandsome, unpropitious, unseemly, unsuitable, untoward, wrong), münasebetsiz (gauche, impertinent, improper, incorrect, inexpedient, inopportune, malapropos, near the knuckle, unhappy, unseemly, untimely). (various references)

Ukranian		непідхожий (ill timed, improper, inadequate, inapt, inconvenient, inept, naughty, unbecoming, unchristian, undesirable, undue, unearthly, unmeet, unsuitable, untoward, unworthy), недоречний (ill timed, ill-placed, impertinent, impolitic, inappropriate, incongruous, inconsequent, inconsequential, irrelevant, mistaken, uncalled for, unhappy). (various references)

Vietnamese		lạc lõng (inopportune), không thích hợp (fie-fie, ill-suited, improper, inapplicable, inappropriate, inapt, incongruent, inopportune, misbecoming, unagreeable, unapt, unbesseming, unsuited), không thích đáng (impertinent, inadequate, inappropriate, unbefitting), không đúng lúc (ill-timed, improper, inopportune, irrelative, unapt, unduly, unseasonable). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "inapposite": inappositely, inappositeness, inappositenesses. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Inapposite" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: inaposite. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "inapposite" (pronounced 'In*ap"po*site'): Acquisite, Andalusite, Anglesite, Anorthosite, Apposite, Bedsite, Cyanosite, Dissite, Dyscrasite, Ectoparasite, Endoparasite, Favosite, Felsite, Gaylussite, Hydromagnesite, Inosite, Jarosite, magnesite, Marcasite, Microparasite, Monophysite, Mussite, Nitromagnesite, Overexquisite, Parasite, Perquisite, Plumosite, Polybasite, Pyrolusite, rhodochrosite, site, Supparasite, Visite, Wasite. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-i-i-n-o-p-p-s-t"
	-1 letter: antipopes.
	-2 letters: antipope, appoints, apposite, nappiest, nippiest, saponite.
	-3 letters: appoint, atonies, atopies, epinaoi, epinaos, inosite, isatine, nappies, opiates, panties, patines, petnaps, pianist, pinesap, piniest, pinites, pintoes, pipiest, pointes, potpies, sapient, senopia, sinopia, sinopie, snippet, spinate, teopans, tiepins, topspin.
	-4 letters: appose, atones, instep, ionise, isatin, nappes, nappie, netops, opiate, opines, paeons, paints, pantie, pantos, papist, pastie, patens, patine, patins, patios, patois, pepsin, petnap, petsai, pianos, pietas, pineta, pinite, pinots, pintas, pintos, pipets, pipits, piston, pities, pitons, pointe, points, ponies, pontes, popsie, postin, potpie, potsie, ptisan, sapote, seniti, sippet, sopite, spinet, spinto, tenias, teopan, tiepin, tineas, tisane.
	-5 letters: aeons, anise, antes, antis, aspen, atone, entia, eosin, estop, etnas, inapt, inept, inset, intis, iotas, napes, nappe, nates, neaps, neats, neist, netop, nipas, nisei, nites, noise, notes, oaten, onset, opens, opine, opsin, ostia, paeon, pains, paint, paise, panes, panto, pants, paseo, paste, paten, pates, patin, patio, peans, peats, peins, penis, peons, pepos, pesto, piano, pians, pieta, pinas, pines, pinot, pinta, pinto, pints, pions, pipes, pipet, pipit, piste, pitas, piton, poets, point, poise, pones, popes, posit, psoae, psoai, saint, santo, satin, senti, sepia, septa, seton, sneap, snipe, spait, spate, spean, spent, spine, spite, stain, stane, stein, steno, stipe, stoae, stoai, stone, stope, tains, tapes, tapis, tenia, tepas, tinea, tines, tipis, toeas, tones, topes, topis.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-i-i-n-o-p-p-s-t"
	+2 letters: disappointed, inappositely, perspiration.
	+3 letters: appreciations, pentaploidies, perspirations, prepositional.
	+4 letters: aminopeptidase, disappointedly, disappointment, expropriations, inappositeness, philanthropies, precipitations, reapplications, spinthariscope, unpopularities.
	+5 letters: aminopeptidases, apolipoproteins, disappointments, prepositionally, prepublications, spinthariscopes, unappreciations.
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