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Definition of Inappropriate

1. Adjective. Not suitable for a particular occasion etc. "Put inappropriate pressure on them"

2. Adjective. Not in keeping with what is correct or proper. "Completely inappropriate behavior"

Definition of Inappropriate

1. a. Not instrument (to); not appropriate; unbecoming; unsuitable; not specially fitted; -- followed by to or for.

Definition of Inappropriate

1. Adjective. Not appropriate; not suitable for the situation, time, and/or place. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Inappropriate

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inappropriate

inapplicably inapplication inapposite inappositely inappositeness inappreciable inappreciably inappreciation inappreciative inapprehensibility

inapprehensible inapprehension inapprehensive inapproachable inappropriable inappropriate (current term) inappropriate ADH syndrome inappropriate affect inappropriate hormone inappropriately

inappropriateness inappropriatenesses inapproximability inapproximable inapt inaptitude inaptitudes inaptly inaptness inaptnesses

Literary usage of Inappropriate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Church Music in America: Comprising Its History and Its Peculiarities at by Nathaniel Duren Gould (1853)
"... inappropriate GRACES IN SINGING. Should we stop here, the impression would naturally be that all has been perfection for many years past; but we are not ..."

2. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1916)
"The name of "tent caterpillar" is, in fact, inappropriate for it, since it spins but little and never makes a tent. It is closely allied, however, ..."

3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"... the Latin translation ; but it seems that if the law bears that interpretation, the English word chosen for its translation is somewhat inappropriate. ..."

4. Dictionary of Painters and Engravers: Biographical and Critical by Michael Bryan (1886)
"He was commanded to paint the gallery of the queen in the Palace of the Pardo, on which occasion he made choice of the very inappropriate subject of the ..."

5. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan: An Account of Travels in the Interior Including by Isabella Lucy Bird (1881)
"... Uji Tea-houses—Tea-making—Our First Evening—Nara—A Treasury of Antiquities—A Row of Petitioners—inappropriate Travelling Gear —A Shrine of Pilgrimage—An ..."

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