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inappropriate

Word definitions for inappropriate in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Inappropriate \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.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
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" [ant: appropriate ] not conforming with accepted standards of propriety ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1804, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + appropriate (adj.). Related: Inappropriately ; inappropriateness .

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES appropriate/inappropriate formal (= suitable/not suitable for that situation ) ▪ Within the official school framework there are penalties for inappropriate behaviour. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB as ▪ But those ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Not appropriate; not suitable for the situation, time, and/or place.

Usage examples of inappropriate.

When Franklin informed him that the Comte de Chaumont was charging nothing, that they were living there at no cost, Adams worried that that, too, was inappropriate, since, as everyone knew, Chaumont was one of the largest contractors furnishing supplies for the American army.

Wingate people, she was constantly doing so with inappropriate comments about their supposed stem-cell therapy and even inappropriate questioning of the young, pregnant Bahamian women who worked at the clinic, which was an extremely sensitive issue with Paul Saunders.

The one habit that both Dixon and Cerro seemed to share was a sense of humor that at times seemed inappropriate and irreverent.

And always there are the returns, augmented now by the huge volume of items that have been tossed on the floor or carried fecklessly to inappropriate sites.

As Clyde surveyed the diverse cuts of meat sizzling on the massive grills, taken from several animal species, he found that he could not keep inappropriate memories of Byproducts out of his mind.

The three Baudelaires huddled together for the rest of the night, getting what sleep they could on a filthy floor with a cold wind blowing through their inappropriate home, and in the morning, after a breakfast of leftover fruit salad, they walked to the completed half of Heimlich Hospital and carefully walked down all those stairs, past the intercom speakers and the confusing maps.

Neimoidians had a taste for elaborate and wholly inappropriate grandeur, and Ghez Hokan despised them for it.

It was the artless gesture of the ingenue, inappropriate for this Rubenesque wife and mother, and yet she had more than enough charm to carry it off.

Accused of conduct inappropriate to a branch ind? His loyalty to the brood mind was unshakable.

But as soon as the notion arose, he felt it fizzling: she was friendly, she was good-looking, but she radiated an offputting vibe, a noli-me-tangere sort of thing, that was unmistakable and made any approach from him inappropriate.

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This was apparently in the nature of a canaille toast, for the six vulgarians guzzled their pots in unison, Shelyid joining in, with a passionate ardor so utterly inappropriate to the situation that even the lambs of the field, should they have been witness, would have bleated for his blood.

But if Baden thought the question inappropriate, he showed no sign of it.

Her behavior had been inappropriate, but now she knew that something about those IV bags scared Nola to death.

Ordinarily she would have cursed her clumsiness, and apologized but cursing was undignified and inappropriate to her mood.