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inaptly
adverb
uk /ɪnˈæpt.li/ us /ɪnˈæpt.li/(also mainly old-fashionedunaptly)
in a way that is not suitable for the situation:
inaptly namedGreen Lane is probably one of the most inaptly named streets in central London.
The League of Nations had its own short-lived court, inaptly called the Permanent Court of International Law.
Love has sometimes been compared, not unaptly, to a disease.
Centipedes are inaptly named, since they always have an odd number of pairs of legs, never 100.
The area is also home to several rare species of butterflies, including the inaptly named common blue.
Modern medical technology has made it possible to extend the process of dying through the use of what are colloquially, but perhaps inaptly, called "life-support" machines.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Unsuitable and unacceptable
amiss
be in bad, poor, the worst possible, etc. tasteidiom
beneath your dignityidiom
beyond
beyond the paleidiom
incorrectly
indecent
ineligibility
ineligible
infelicitous
raffish
raffishly
raffishness
room
silly
unsuitable
unsuitably
unsuited
unsupportable
unwarrantable
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