Meaning of INAPPROPRIATE
| Pronunciation: | | `inu'prowpreeit
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- [adj] not suitable for a particular occasion etc; "noise seems inappropriate at a time of sadness"; "inappropriate shoes for a walk on the beach"; "put inappropriate pressure on them"
- [adj] not in keeping with what is correct or proper; "completely inappropriate behavior"
- [adj] not conforming with accepted standards of propriety or taste; undesirable; "incorrect behavior"; "she was seen in all the wrong places"; "He thought it was wrong for her to go out to work"
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| | Synonyms: | | improper, incompatible, incongruous, incorrect, out or keeping(p), unbefitting, unfitting, unsuitable, wrong |
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| | Antonyms: | | appropriate | | |
| | See Also: | | malapropos | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In`ap*pro"pri*ate\, a.
Not instrument (to); not appropriate; unbecoming; unsuitable;
not specially fitted; -- followed by to or for. --
{In`ap*pro"pri*ate*ly}, adv. -- {In`ap*pro"pri*ate*ness}, n.
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| | Related Terms: | | aberrant, abnormal, abominable, adrift, atrocious, bad, beside the mark, beside the point, beside the question, chintzy, criminal, delinquent, deviant, discordant, disgraceful, evil, excessive, extraneous, extrinsic, futile, hardly the thing, ignominious, ill-adapted, ill-advised, ill-assorted, ill-chosen, ill-considered, illegal, ill-fitted, ill-matched, ill-seasoned, ill-sorted, ill-suited, ill-timed, immaterial, impertinent, impolitic, improper, in bad taste, inadmissible, inadvisable, inapplicable, inapposite, inapt, inauspicious, incidental, incompatible, incongruous, inconsequent, inconsonant, inconvenient, incorrect, indecent, indecorous, indelicate, indiscreet, inelegant, inept, inexpedient, infamous, infelicitous, inharmonious, inopportune, intempestive, intrusive, irrelative, irrelevant, late, mal a propos, maladjusted, malapropos, misjoined, mismatched, mismated, misplaced, mistimed, nihil ad rem, nonessential, not at issue, not done, not the thing, off base, off the subject, off-base, off-color, offensive, out of character, out of joint, out of keeping, out of line, out of phase, out of place, out of proportion, out of season, out of time, out of tune, out-of-line, out-of-the-way, parenthetical, premature, sacrilegious, scandalous, shameful, shameless, sinful, tasteless, terrible, too late, too soon, unadapted, unapt, unbecoming, unbefitting, unbeseeming, uncongenial, undesirable, undignified, undue, unessential, unfavorable, unfit, unfitted, unfitting, unfortunate, ungenteel, unhandy, unhappy, unharmonious, unlawful, unlucky, unmeet, unprofitable, unpropitious, unqualified, unready, unrighteous, unripe, unseasonable, unseemly, unstable, unsuitable, unsuited, untasteful, untimely, untoward, unwise, vulgar, wicked, wrong, wrongful |
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