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Inappropriate

Inappropriate Meaning & Definition
Inappropriate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Inappropriate?

[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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Inappropriate: improper | incompatible | incongruous | incorrect | out or keeping(p) | unbefitting | unfitting | unsuitable | wrong

Related Terms | Find terms related to Inappropriate: 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

See Also | malapropos

Inappropriate In Webster's Dictionary

\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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