inappropriate
[in-uh-proh-pree-it]
- not appropriate; not proper or suitable: an inappropriate dress for the occasion.
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Origin of inappropriate
Synonyms
See more synonyms for inappropriate on Thesaurus.comimproper, unsuitable, inapt, unfitting.
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Examples from the Web for inappropriately
Contemporary Examples
There are safeguards for ensuring that such a decision is not made lightly or inappropriately.
As a result, many of the women “were groped or inappropriately touched during the performance.”
Dr. Coates observed, “I did not see it as sexual, but I saw it as inappropriately intense because it excluded everybody else.”
Inside the Shocking Custody Case Court Documents that Shed Light on the Dylan Farrow-Woody Allen SagaMarlow Stern
February 10, 2014
The funeral has stirred up old divisions, and has been criticized by many as inappropriately partisan.
The girls said he exposed himself to them, tried to touch them inappropriately, and forced one to perform oral sex on him.
Historical Examples
The following letter may not inappropriately open this section.
The Better Germany in War TimeHarold Picton
They struggled forward and fell on their knees—not inappropriately—to drink.
The Settler and the SavageR.M. Ballantyne
A musical simile may not inappropriately be applied to his work.
He has been designated, not inappropriately, the philosopher in sabots.
MilletPercy Moore Turner
To this bird has been given not inappropriately the name of Summer Snipe.
British Birds in their HauntsRev. C. A. Johns
inappropriate
- not fitting or appropriate; unsuitable or untimely
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Word Origin and History for inappropriately
inappropriate
adj.
1804, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + appropriate (adj.). Related: Inappropriately; inappropriateness.
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