inappositeness
English
editEtymology
editFrom inapposite + -ness.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editinappositeness (uncountable)
- The state or quality of not being apposite.
- 1898, George William Erskine Russell, Collections and Recollections[1]:
- And certainly an apt quotation is one of the most effective decorations of a public speech; but the dangers of inappositeness are correspondingly formidable.
- 1908, Charles Whibley, American Sketches[2]:
- 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.
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 718:
- ‘And then, your uncle made an inaugural speech at his first press conference which was of fantastic inappositeness.’