US /ʌnˈæpt/ UK /ʌnˈæpt/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    not suitable or appropriate; not inclined or quick to do something

    His blunt remark was unapt for so solemn an occasion.

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Derived forms unaptlyunaptness
Related forms aptaptitudeaptnessinapt

Etymology

From un- ('not') + apt, from Latin aptus ('fitted, suitable'), past participle of the obsolete apere ('to fasten, attach'), from the Proto-Indo-European root *ap- ('to grasp, reach').

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