inappropriate
not appropriate; not proper or suitable: an inappropriate dress for the occasion.
Origin of inappropriate
1Other words for inappropriate
Other words from inappropriate
- in·ap·pro·pri·ate·ly, adverb
- in·ap·pro·pri·ate·ness, noun
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How to use inappropriate in a sentence
In January, he told The Post in an interview that he had done nothing inappropriate in connection to the casino deal.
Senior Justice Dept. official stalled probe against former interior secretary Ryan Zinke, sources say | Juliet Eilperin, Matt Zapotosky | November 12, 2020 | Washington PostWhen Hill faced an ethics investigations into allegations that she’d had inappropriate extramarital affairs with a campaign and congressional staffer, she quickly stepped down.
Cal Cunningham lost. Katie Hill resigned. Are we still put off by sex scandals? | Lisa Bonos | November 12, 2020 | Washington PostIn one instance, a man who helped on her campaign sent her inappropriate text messages and became obsessive, so she had to change her phone number, she said.
Women Politicians Across the County Say They’ve Faced Harassment, Threats | Kayla Jimenez | November 9, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoThe state attorney general resigned in August, two hours after the Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica published an investigation revealing he’d sent inappropriate text messages to a female state employee.
Alaska’s “Him Too” Moment: When Politicians and Allies Come With Accusations of Their Own | by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News and Greg Kim, KYUK | October 23, 2020 | ProPublicaThese days it’s far easier for an advertiser to be overly restrictive in their attempts to avoid inappropriate content, media owners be damned.
As YouTube adopts new standards, the transition from brand safety to suitability is accelerating | Seb Joseph | October 22, 2020 | Digiday
The more antibiotics are used inappropriately, the greater the risk of bacteria growing resistant to them.
Without Education, Antibiotic Resistance Will Be Our Greatest Health Crisis | Russell Saunders | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“François Hollande never said a word out of line to me or behaved inappropriately with me—unlike many a politician,” she writes.
Hell Hath No Fury Like Valerie Trierweiler, the French President’s Ex | Lizzie Crocker | November 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere are safeguards for ensuring that such a decision is not made lightly or inappropriately.
On Her Own Terms: Why Brittany Maynard Has Chosen to Die | Gene Robinson | October 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTJurors must decide if the McDonnells inappropriately aided in that effort in exchange for loans and gifts.
The Five Weirdest Revelations From the McDonnell Trial | Ben Jacobs | August 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs a result, many of the women “were groped or inappropriately touched during the performance.”
It’s Buffalo Jills Vs. Buffalo Bills in Ex-Cheerleaders’ New Lawsuit | Emily Shire | April 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut they are lost among long and high-flown speeches, which Lear keeps incessantly uttering quite inappropriately.
Tolstoy on Shakespeare | Leo TolstoyThe glory of the place was indeed gone—desecrated, as the Chinese could not inappropriately say, by Western barbarians.
Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army | Charles Alexander GordonThe name Langstrothdale has a Celtic ring, and has not inappropriately been translated to mean the long valley.
By this man acquires the likeness of a brute animal, with which indeed such persons not inappropriately compare themselves.
A very curious but fully authentic anecdote may not be inappropriately inserted here, in which this individual was concerned.
British Dictionary definitions for inappropriate
/ (ˌɪnəˈprəʊprɪɪt) /
not fitting or appropriate; unsuitable or untimely
Derived forms of inappropriate
- inappropriately, adverb
- inappropriateness, noun
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