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inappositeness en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ɪnˈapəzɪtnəs/ (UK)

Etymology

From inapposite + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The state or quality of not being apposite.
    • And certainly an apt quotation is one of the most effective decorations of a public speech; but the dangers of inappositeness are correspondingly formidable. 1898, George William Erskine Russell, Collections and Recollections:
    • ‘And then, your uncle made an inaugural speech at his first press conference which was of fantastic inappositeness.’ 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 718:
    • To men and women excited by the details of the last murder they discourse of the existence of God in short, crisp sentences,--and I know not which is worse, the triviality of the discourse or its inappositeness. 1908, Charles Whibley, American Sketches: