Examples of inapt in a Sentence
an inapt but well-meaning attempt to inject some humor into the proceedings
a recruit who was utterly inapt for most soldierly duties, so he spent most of his time playing in the army band
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Those are harsh analogies but not wholly inapt ones.
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Phil Plait, Scientific American, 1 May 2026
The small, poor European countries without much need for national defense and with mostly homogeneous populations are inapt comparisons for the huge, sprawling, wildly diverse, rich and powerful United States.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 10 Apr. 2026
If the codes don’t do this, or do this poorly, the remainder of any statistical analysis is rendered inapt and misleading.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 25 Mar. 2026
As should be clear from Carr’s manifestly inapt use of those labels, his agenda goes far beyond enforcing any particular FCC rule.
—Jacob Sullum, Oc Register, 24 Mar. 2026
The precedent is inapt, not least because the media landscape then was different with far fewer news sources.
—The Wall Street Journal, Twin Cities, 25 July 2025
Beyond the application of arguably inapt legal and regulatory standards, technical and operational challenges may likewise hinder deAI adoption.
—Charlyn Ho, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
The result invites obvious yet not inapt comparisons to the work of Terrence Malick, but Bentley’s film—for all its crystalline imagery, its vision of Grainier’s home as a fallen Eden, and its air of metaphysical wonderment—unfolds in a more dramatically direct, compacted register.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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Phil Plait, Scientific American, 1 May 2026
The small, poor European countries without much need for national defense and with mostly homogeneous populations are inapt comparisons for the huge, sprawling, wildly diverse, rich and powerful United States.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 10 Apr. 2026
If the codes don’t do this, or do this poorly, the remainder of any statistical analysis is rendered inapt and misleading.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 25 Mar. 2026
As should be clear from Carr’s manifestly inapt use of those labels, his agenda goes far beyond enforcing any particular FCC rule.
—Jacob Sullum, Oc Register, 24 Mar. 2026
The precedent is inapt, not least because the media landscape then was different with far fewer news sources.
—The Wall Street Journal, Twin Cities, 25 July 2025
Beyond the application of arguably inapt legal and regulatory standards, technical and operational challenges may likewise hinder deAI adoption.
—Charlyn Ho, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
The result invites obvious yet not inapt comparisons to the work of Terrence Malick, but Bentley’s film—for all its crystalline imagery, its vision of Grainier’s home as a fallen Eden, and its air of metaphysical wonderment—unfolds in a more dramatically direct, compacted register.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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“Inapt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inapt. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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