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un·apt

 (ŭn-ăpt′)
adj.
1. Not suitable or appropriate.
2. Not likely or liable.

un·apt′ly adv.
un·apt′ness n.
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unapt

(ʌnˈæpt)
adj
1. (often foll by: for) not suitable or qualified; unfitted
2. mentally slow
3. (postpositive; may take an infinitive) not disposed or likely (to)
unˈaptly adv
unˈaptness n
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un•apt

(ʌnˈæpt)

adj.
1. not appropriate; unfit or unsuitable.
2. not prone, likely, or disposed.
3. deficient in aptitude or capacity; slow; dull.
[1325–75]
un•apt′ly, adv.
un•apt′ness, n.
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adj (= inappropriate)unpassend, unangebracht
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Wilson's mind was one of those that may not unaptly be represented by a bale of cotton,--downy, soft, benevolently fuzzy and confused.
Thus, according to Crouzet (2007), the Internet, because it allows social networking and the dissemination of information, could subsidise in time to the decline of what we call "mainstream media" and the emergence of a new power, the fifth power in the State, not unaptly called "people in touch" (Crouzet, 2007).
Many expressions are in the line of truelye, like more faithful, better credite, diligent care, or right the opposite as in (13) or others like unaptly, suspitious words, unadvised writing.