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inappositeness

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in·ap·po·site  (n-p-zt)
adj.
Not pertinent; unsuitable.
in·appo·site·ly adv.
in·appo·site·ness n.
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Noun1.inappositeness - inappropriateness; "greater inaptness of expression would be hard to imagine"
inaptness
inappropriateness, unworthiness - the quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting; "he retracted nothing that he had said about the inappropriateness of either a corporeal God or a God who is a person"; "his praise released from her loud protestations of her unworthiness"
appositeness, aptness - appropriateness for the occasion; "the phrase had considerable aptness"
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After complaints about the merciless heat--at points over 40 Celsius, which an Italian acquaintance says is higher than one's body temperature--the most typical remark concerns the inappositeness of Francesco Bonami's overall title, "Dreams and Conflicts: The Dictatorship of the Viewer"; no one misses calling it the dictatorship of the curator.
Entries by Rimanelli, David / Artforum International
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