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Recent Examples of inapt 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 The visual flair peaks in the first episode, along with the series’ shallow, if not necessarily inapt, insight into life in this particular time and place. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inapt
Adjective
  • The girl also reported seeing inappropriate images on the screensaver of an iPad at Berrelez’s home.
    Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Judge Arun Subramanian noted the tone of the defense's letter was inappropriate and should not be done again.
    Lauryn Overhultz , Tracy Wright , Maria Paronich , Kirill Clark, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Gostisbehere, Carolina’s best offensive defenseman, being unfit for the top four adds to that pressure.
    The Athletic NHL, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • He was deemed unfit to stand trial, and spent the next 11 years in psychiatric hospitals.
    Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Financial promotion rules prevent inappropriate marketing to unsuitable investors.
    Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • According to a study published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment in 2024, up to 70% of current wine-producing regions could become unsuitable for growing grapes if global temperatures rise by more than 2°C above pre-industrial levels.
    Miguel A. Torres, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Although Beijing has outcompeted Washington in Myanmar up to this point, the junta’s woefully incompetent management of its currency and foreign reserves presents an opportunity for the United States to recalibrate its approach to the country.
    Dan Swift, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2025
  • California, with its weak and incompetent Governor, has been particularly hard hit!
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In April, the sheriff disclosed further issues, including incorrect citation numbers and amounts.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Aerating in the incorrect season could have negative consequences for your lawn.
    Lauren David, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Mix Materials The beauty in the unfitted kitchen aesthetic is found in its collected look.
    Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 May 2025
  • The venerable American clan at the center of the narrator’s reminiscences are wholly unfitted to the modern world and no longer endowed with the fortune that one of them brought home long ago on clipper ships.
    Daniel Akst, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2022
Adjective
  • This investigation suggests that some treasury company activity may involve improper information sharing or insider trading rather than genuine institutional adoption.
    Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Another major violation would be improper cooling.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Domestic treble winners, WSL champions six years running, yet ineffably incapable of finding triumph in Europe.
    Megan Feringa, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The film has included the more sensitive images of the anti-lockdown protests, but seems unwilling or incapable to confront what happened next.
    Yangyang Cheng, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025

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“Inapt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inapt. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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