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inastute

inastute adjective: not astute.

Adjective

inastute (comparative more inastute, superlative most inastute)

  1. Not astute
    • One former commissioner commented that King's move to reorganize the commission immediately after its criticism of his welfare program "was politically inastute at the least...he created martyrs where there was no need to do so."1979 April 14, Jil Clark, “King Axes Women's Commission”, in Gay Community News, page 1

Forms of inastute

comparativemore inastute
superlativemost inastute

Questions about inastute

What does inastute mean?
Inastute means not astute.
What part of speech is inastute?
Inastute is an adjective.

Words near inastute in the dictionary

  1. inaspirable
  2. inassessability
  3. inassessibility
  4. inassimilable
  5. inassuageable
  6. inastute
  7. inate
  8. inattackable
  9. inattend
  10. inattendance
  11. inattention

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