English
Etymology
negative in- + apposite
Pronunciation
(US) IPA: /ɪn�æp�zɪt/

Adjective
en-adj

1. inappropriate, not suitable for the situation

#*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;

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