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[ in-uh-proh-pree-it ] / ˌɪn əˈproʊ pri ɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR inappropriate ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivenot appropriate; not proper or suitable: an inappropriate dress for the occasion. Origin of inappropriateFirst recorded in 1795–1805; in-3 + appropriate SYNONYMS FOR inappropriateimproper, unsuitable, inapt, unfitting. SEE SYNONYMS FOR inappropriate ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM inappropriatein·ap·pro·pri·ate·ly, adverbin·ap·pro·pri·ate·ness, nounWords nearby inappropriateinappreciable, inappreciative, inapprehension, inapprehensive, inapproachable, inappropriate, inapt, inaptitude, inarch, inarguable, Inari Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for inappropriateTo the uninitiated, this might smack of poor taste and inappropriate timing. In One Corner of Syria, Christmas Spirit Somehow Manages to Survive|Peter Schwartzstein|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST I did so, and he explained that he did not mean to be inappropriate and he was sorry if I was offended. ‘I Saved My Friend From Bill Cosby’|Lloyd Grove|December 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST Private schools have a way of being a magnet for scandals for the creepy, inappropriate adults who run them. Headmasters Behaving Badly|Emily Shire|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST As I said, it is not inappropriate to think of death at this time. Joseph Campbell on the Roots of Halloween|Joseph Campbell|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Osorio was eventually fired in 2005, after sending an email to HR regarding Scott's inappropriate behavior. It Was All a Dream: Drama, Bullshit, and the Rebirth of The Source Magazine|Alex Suskind|October 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST A few words in regard to the Log-Book may not be inappropriate. Log-book of Timothy Boardman|Samuel W Boardman The people of Newport, moreover, is resolved to live up to its inappropriate environment. American Sketches|Charles Whibley These exclamations were naïve and inappropriate even for that time. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7)|Adolph Harnack For a descendant of du Guesclin the coiffeur's son would, however, have been as inappropriate as was the notary. A Childhood in Brittany Eighty Years Ago|Anne Douglas Sedgwick Such an advice would be inappropriate when persecution was asleep, and when no enemy was giving disturbance. The Ignatian Epistles Entirely Spurious|William Dool Killen
British Dictionary definitions for inappropriate
adjectivenot fitting or appropriate; unsuitable or untimely Derived forms of inappropriateinappropriately, adverbinappropriateness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to inappropriateincorrect, tasteless, unsuitable, unseemly, improper, wrong, irrelevant, disproportionate, garbage, ill-suited, ill-timed, inapplicable, incongruous, indecorous, inept, malapropos, off, unbecoming, undue, unfit |