Word Meanings - INAPPOSITE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Not apposite; not fit or suitable; not pertinent. -- In*ap"po*site*ly, adv.

Related words: (words related to INAPPOSITE)

• PERTINENT
  1. Belonging or related to the subject or matter in hand; fit or appropriate in any way; adapted to the end proposed; apposite; material; relevant; as, pertinent illustrations or arguments; pertinent evidence. 2. Regarding; concerning; belonging;
• SUITABLE
  Capable of suiting; fitting; accordant; proper; becoming; agreeable; adapted; as, ornaments suitable to one's station; language suitable for the subject. -- Suit"a*ble*ness, n. -- Suit"a*bly, adv. Syn. -- Proper; fitting; becoming; accordant;
• APPOSITE
  Very applicable; well adapted; suitable or fit; relevant; pat; -- followed by to; as, this argument is very apposite to the case. -- Ap"po*site*ly, adv. -- Ap"po*site*ness, n.
• APPERTINENT
  Belonging; appertaining. Coleridge.
• INAPPOSITE
  Not apposite; not fit or suitable; not pertinent. -- In*ap"po*site*ly, adv.
• IMPERTINENT
  1. Not pertinent; not pertaining to the matter in hand; having no bearing on the subject; not to the point; irrelevant; inapplicable. Things that are impertinent to us. Tillotson. How impertinent that grief was which served no end! Jer. Taylor.
• IMPERTINENTLY
  In an impertinent manner. "Not to betray myself impertinently." B. Jonson.
• INSUITABLE
  Unsuitable. -- In*suit`a*bil"i*ty, n.