Crossword-Solution: INAPPOSITE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Inapposite | a. | Not apposite; not fit or suitable; not pertinent. |
We have 6 clues for the answer “INAPPOSITE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Without relevance | 1 answer |
| of an inappropriate or misapplied nature | 1 answer |
| Off base | 14 answers |
| out of place | 30 answers |
| immaterial | 55 answers |
| Improper | 75 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TAEER
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with INAPPOSITE (5)
Where the weakest are to be convinced speech must stoop: a full consideration of the velleities and uncertainties, a little bombast to elevate the feelings without committing the judgment, some vague effusion of sentiment, an inapposite blandness, a meaningless rodomontade—these are the by-ways to be travelled by the style that is a willing slave to its audience.
There can be no doubt that the learned judge who presided would have taken the opinion of the jury on that ground, if he had been requested so to do." This language may have been inapposite under the defendant's plea (the general issue), but the pleadings were not adverted to, and the doctrine is believed to be sound.
Being devoted exclusively to a reflection, not inapposite to the events in this history nor to those in any other which chronicles the life of men.
Jessop and Silly Billy—the idiot already referred to—and the apposite Latin quotations of the head-master and his pompous English, with the inapposite replies of the organ-blower, given in the local dialect and Billy's own peculiar jabber, were supposed to form a masterpiece of mimicry.
What are these numerous Acts of Parliament and what are their objects, scope, and intentions? Whilst neither time nor space admit of detailed exposition, not to speak of the patience of my readers, a few observations upon some of the principal enactments may not be inapposite or uninteresting.
Quotes with INAPPOSITE (1)
The notion of carefully wrought bullshit involves, then, a certain innerstrain. Thoughtful attention to detail requires discipline and objectivity. It entails accepting standards and limitations that forbid the indulgence of impulse or whim. It is this selflessness that, in connection with bullshit, strikes us as inapposite. But in fact it is not out of the question at all. The realms of advertising and of public relations, and the nowadays closely related realm of politics, …
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1987).