an inapt but well-meaning attempt to inject some humor into the proceedings
a recruit who was utterly inapt for most soldierly duties, so he spent most of his time playing in the army band
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Beyond the application of arguably inapt legal and regulatory standards, technical and operational challenges may likewise hinder deAI adoption.—Charlyn Ho, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025 The result invites obvious yet not inapt comparisons to the work of Terrence Malick, but Bentley’s film—for all its crystalline imagery, its vision of Grainier’s home as a fallen Eden, and its air of metaphysical wonderment—unfolds in a more dramatically direct, compacted register.—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025 As Pettis explains, the problem is one of inapt comparisons.—Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025 The visual flair peaks in the first episode, along with the series’ shallow, if not necessarily inapt, insight into life in this particular time and place.—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025 Beyond the application of arguably inapt legal and regulatory standards, technical and operational challenges may likewise hinder deAI adoption.—Charlyn Ho, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025 As Pettis explains, the problem is one of inapt comparisons.—Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025 The visual flair peaks in the first episode, along with the series’ shallow, if not necessarily inapt, insight into life in this particular time and place.—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025 The comparison is pungent but inapt: Archival work is not death work.—Jesse Green, New York Times, 14 May 2024
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