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English
Etymology
From inapposite + -ness.
Pronunciation
Noun
inappositeness (uncountable)
- The state or quality of not being apposite.
1898, George William Erskine Russell, Collections and Recollections: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: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.’