Meaning | not suitable for a particular occasion etc. |
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Examples | - "noise seems inappropriate at a time of sadness"
- "inappropriate shoes for a walk on the beach"
- "put inappropriate pressure on them"
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Attribute of | appropriateness | The quality of being specially suitable |
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Narrower | improper, wrong | not appropriate for a purpose or occasion |
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unbefitting | not befitting |
See also | improper | not suitable or right or appropriate |
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malapropos | Of an inappropriate or incorrectly applied nature |
Opposite | appropriate | Suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc |
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Spanish | inapropiado, inconveniente, inoportuno |
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Catalan | inapropiat, inconvenient, inoportú |
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Nouns | inappropriateness | the quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting |
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inappropriateness | inappropriate conduct |
Adverbs | inappropriately | in an inappropriate manner |
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