Usually means: Not suitable for the situation.
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  1. inaptly: Merriam-Webster
  2. inaptly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. inaptly: Collins English Dictionary
  4. inaptly: Vocabulary.com
  5. inaptly: Wordnik
  6. inaptly: Wiktionary
  7. inaptly: Dictionary.com
  8. inaptly: FreeDictionary.org
  9. inaptly: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. inaptly: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (inaptly)

▸ adverb:  In an inapt manner; inappropriately.

Similar:
unappositely, unfitly, inappositely, inappropriately, unfittingly, inadeptly, unsuitably, unaptly, unproperly, unbefittingly, more...

Opposite:
aptly, appropriately, fittingly, correctly

Types:
inappropriately, unfittingly, unsuitably, incongruously, mismatched, more...

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Similar:
unappositely, unfitly, inappositely, inappropriately, unfittingly, inadeptly, unsuitably, unaptly, unproperly, unbefittingly, more...

Opposite:
aptly, appropriately, fittingly, correctly

Types:
inappropriately, unfittingly, unsuitably, incongruously, mismatched, more...



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