| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Not suited to circumstances: improper, inapt, incongruous, inept, malapropos, unapt, unbecoming, unbefitting, unfit, unseemly, unsuitable. Idioms: out of place. See AGREE, USUAL. 2. Not suited to a given purpose: ill-suited, inapt, unfit, unsuitable, unsuited. See ABILITY. 3. Characterized by inappropriateness and gracelessness, especially in expression: awkward, ill-chosen, inept, infelicitous, unfortunate, unhappy. See ABILITY, GOOD.
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