Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inapposite

/ɪnˈæpəzɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English

Syllables: in-ap-po-site
IPA: /ɪnˈæpəzɪt/

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

inappropriate, not suitable for the situation

Example Sentences

"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;"
"But [Assistant to the Solicitor General Austin] Raynor relied on this distinction – whether proceedings are pending, or all proceedings have ended – to argue that the court’s 2001 decision interpreting the post-removal order statute, Zadvydas v. Davis, was inapposite."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English apposite English inapposite From in- + apposite.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɪnˈæpəzɪt/

Inflected Forms

more inapposite (comparative) most inapposite (superlative)

Derived Forms

inappositely inappositeness

Synonyms

out of place

Questions

How do you pronounce inapposite?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪnˈæpəzɪt/.
What does inapposite mean?: inappropriate, not suitable for the situation
Where does inapposite come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English apposite English inapposite From in- + apposite.

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