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" |
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Synonym | unworthiness |
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Narrower | inaptness, inappositeness | Inappropriateness |
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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 |
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Opposite | appropriateness | The quality of being specially suitable |
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Spanish | impropiedad |
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Catalan | impropietat |
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Adjectives | inappropriate | not suitable for a particular occasion etc |
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