NOUN | attribute | inappropriateness, wrongness | inappropriate conduct |
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attribute | inappropriateness, unworthiness | the quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting |
Meaning | inappropriate conduct. | |
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Synonym | wrongness | |
Broader | impropriety, improperness | An improper demeanor |
Opposite | appropriateness, rightness | Appropriate conduct |
Spanish | inoportunidad, inprocedencia | |
Adjectives | inappropriate | not suitable for a particular occasion etc |
inappropriate | not in keeping with what is correct or proper |
Meaning | The quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting. | |
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Example | "he retracted nothing that he had said about the inappropriateness of either a corporeal God or a God who is a person" | |
Synonym | unworthiness | |
Narrower | inaptness, inappositeness | Inappropriateness |
infelicity | inappropriate and unpleasing manner or style (especially manner or style of expression) | |
Broader | unsuitability, unsuitableness, ineptness | The quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose |
Opposite | appropriateness | The quality of being specially suitable |
Spanish | impropiedad | |
Catalan | impropietat | |
Adjectives | inappropriate | not suitable for a particular occasion etc |
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