Meanings of inapposite in inglés

One compound was split since joined it suggested an inapposite meaning:

With some inapposite, impulsive warmth he protested: But she has had bitter cause for repentance, Julian.

He closes this beautiful fable with the following stanza not inapposite to the curious subject of this article:

It is not inapposite to compare what Mr. Tylor has mentioned concerning the rude Kukis of Southern Asia.

An inapposite and irrational dread of seeing him return to the dangers of land took possession of her.

The simile was not inapposite.

Louis had crept up behind Mr. Batchgrew, who in his inapposite white waistcoat stood between the two lovers, stertorous with vague anathema.

Of course the historical nature of his subject precluded the dramatic suggestion to be looked for in the Pickwick trial, thus rendering comparison inapposite.

Distort them by inapposite metaphors, view them in perplexing attitudes, and you may make them more abstruse than the hardest proposition of the "Principia".