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INAPTNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inappropriateness
Example:
greater inaptness of expression would be hard to imagine
Synonyms:
inappositeness; inaptness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("inaptness" is a kind of...):
inappropriateness; unworthiness (the quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting)
Antonym:
aptness (appropriateness for the occasion)
Derivation:
inapt (not elegant or graceful in expression)
