What is "inappropriate" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does inappropriate mean in English? Meaning of inappropriate definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "inappropriate" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "inappropriate": not suitable for a particular occasion etc

Adjective

  • Meaning: not suitable for a particular occasion etc
  • Example: noise seems inappropriate at a time of sadness inappropriate shoes for a walk on the beach put inappropriate pressure on them
  • Synonyms: inappropriate
  • Antonyms: appropriate
  • Similar: improper unbefitting wrong
  • Also see: improper malapropos
  • Hyphenation: in‧ap‧pro‧pri‧ate

    Meaning of "inappropriate": not in keeping with what is correct or proper

    Adjective

  • Meaning: not in keeping with what is correct or proper
  • Example: completely inappropriate behavior
  • Synonyms: inappropriate incompatible out or keeping unfitting
  • Similar: incongruous
  • Hyphenation: in‧ap‧pro‧pri‧ate

  • Adjective: Not appropriate; not suitable for the situation, time, and/or place. It is inappropriate to burp at a formal dinner. "While PDA or sexual irresponsibility may be considered unsuitable, it is not inappropriate for teenagers in a relationship and nearly of legal age to talk alone."
  • Synonyms:

    incorrect, tasteless, unsuitable, unseemly, improper, wrong, irrelevant, disproportionate, bad form, garbage, ill-suited, ill-timed, inapplicable, incongruous, indecorous, inept, malapropos, off, unbecoming, undue, unfit, unseasonable, untimely, unbefitting, foot-in-mouth, ill-fitted, inapropos, inconsonant, left-field, out of line, out of place, unfitting, unmeet, way off, wrong-number,

    Antonyms:

    moral, appropriate, suitable, fitting, OK, correct, right, proper, decent, good,

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    inappropriate in English: inappropriate
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