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unthinking, unwitting, chance; unconscious, unplanned,<br />

unstudied, undesigned, uncalculated: She was an inadvertent<br />

witness to the murder. I assure you that the error was entirely<br />

inadvertent. 2 careless, inattentive, negligent, heedless,<br />

unobservant: Inadvertent commentators failed to see the<br />

significance of her words.<br />

inalienable<br />

adj. untransferable, intransferable, absolute, inherent,<br />

unconsignable, sacrosanct, inviolable, non-negotiable,<br />

unnegotiable, unchallengeable, Law imprescriptible, entailed,<br />

indefeasible: People have an inalienable right to life,<br />

liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.<br />

inane adj. silly, asinine, vapid, vacant, vacuous, absurd, fatuous,<br />

foolish, senseless, nonsensical, unreasonable, preposterous,<br />

ludicrous, ridiculous, laughable, risible, mad, lunatic, crazy,<br />

stupid, dumb, idiotic, moronic, imbecilic, Colloq nutty, nuts,<br />

daft, daffy, screwy, batty, dippy, wacky, cuckoo, loony, goofy,<br />

Brit bonkers, dotty: Students seem especially prone to inane<br />

behaviour.<br />

inanimate adj. lifeless, motionless, immobile, unmoving, inactive, inert,<br />

still, spiritless, soulless, cold, dead, defunct: He just sits<br />

there, like an inanimate piece of furniture.<br />

inapplicable<br />

adj. inappropriate, unsuitable, unsuited, inapt, irrelevant,<br />

unrelated, unconnected, inapposite, beside the point or<br />

question, extraneous, off the mark, Colloq US off base: That<br />

law is inapplicable in your case.<br />

inappropriate<br />

adj. improper, unfitting, unfit, unsuitable, unsuited,<br />

unbefitting, incompatible, malapropos, ungermane, inapt,<br />

inapposite, out of keeping, incongruous, infelicitous,<br />

inopportune, untimely, irrelevant, inapplicable: Your<br />

facetiousness was quite inappropriate to such a solemn occasion.<br />

inarticulate<br />

adj. 1 disjointed, unconnected, incoherent, incomprehensible,<br />

jumbled, unintelligible, unclear, illogical, discursive,<br />

rambling, scrambled, wild, irrational, muddled, mixed-up,

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