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All closeby antonyms

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  • inappropriate — not appropriate; not proper or suitable: an inappropriate dress for the occasion.
  • inconvenient — not easily accessible or at hand: The phone is in an inconvenient place.
  • ineffectual — not effectual; without satisfactory or decisive effect: an ineffectual remedy.
  • inopportune — not opportune; inappropriate; inconvenient; untimely or unseasonable: an inopportune visit.
  • unsuited — appropriate: She is suited to such a job.
  • far — at or to a great distance; a long way off; at or to a remote point: We sailed far ahead of the fleet.
  • out-of-the-way — remote from much-traveled, frequented, or populous regions; secluded: an out-of-the-way inn up in the hills.
  • unavailable — suitable or ready for use; of use or service; at hand: I used whatever tools were available.
  • unhandy — not skillful in manual work: He's unhandy when it comes to fixing things around the house.
  • awkward — An awkward situation is embarrassing and difficult to deal with.
  • unadaptable — capable of being adapted.
  • distant — far off or apart in space; not near at hand; remote or removed (often followed by from): a distant place; a town three miles distant from here.
  • unuseful — being of use or service; serving some purpose; advantageous, helpful, or of good effect: a useful member of society.
  • faraway — distant; remote: faraway lands.
  • deferred — withheld over a certain period; postponed
  • postponed — to put off to a later time; defer: He has postponed his departure until tomorrow.
  • gone — past participle of go1 .
  • away — If someone or something moves or is moved away from a place, they move or are moved so that they are no longer there. If you are away from a place, you are not in the place where people expect you to be.
  • detached — Someone who is detached is not personally involved in something or has no emotional interest in it.
  • separate — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
  • cool — Something that is cool has a temperature which is low but not very low.
  • remote — far apart; far distant in space; situated at some distance away: the remote jungles of Brazil.
  • past — gone by or elapsed in time: It was a bad time, but it's all past now.
  • unfamiliar — not familiar; not acquainted with or conversant about: to be unfamiliar with a subject.
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