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inappropriate

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adjnot proper, suitable

Word Origin & History

1804, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + appropriate (adj.). Related: Inappropriately; inappropriateness.

Example Sentences for inappropriate

After the story has been told, it may not be inappropriate to point the moral.

Of all unbeautiful and inappropriate conceptions this is the most reasonless and offensive.

It is not, I think, inappropriate to the occasion that I should do so.

Dolly looked nervously round, fearing that she had been inappropriate.

It was the only prayer that occurred to him then, and it was ...

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Synonyms for inappropriate

adj not proper, suitable

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

Antonyms for inappropriate

appropriate
correct
decent
fitting
good
moral
proper
right
suitable
OK

More words related to inappropriate

alien

adjective. foreign

conflicting
contrary
estranged
exotic
extraneous
extrinsic
inappropriate
incompatible
incongruous
opposed
remote
separate
unusual

amiss

adjective. wrong; defective

awry
bad
confused
crooked
erring
erroneous
fallacious
false
faulty
flawed
foul
glitched up
haywire
imperfect
improper
inaccurate
inappropriate
incorrect
mistaken
out of order
sick
unfair
unlawful
unsuitable
untoward

crazier

adjective. unrealistic, fantastic

absurd
balmy
beyond all reason
bizarre
cockeyed
derisory
eccentric
fatuous
foolhardy
foolish
goofy
half-baked
harebrained
idiotic
ill-conceived
impracticable
imprudent
inane
inappropriate
insane
irresponsible
loony
ludicrous
nonsensical
odd
out of all reason
outrageous
peculiar
preposterous
puerile
quixotic
ridiculous
senseless
short-sighted
silly
strange
unworkable
weird
wild

craziest

adjective. unrealistic, fantastic

absurd
balmy
beyond all reason
bizarre
cockeyed
derisory
eccentric
fatuous
foolhardy
foolish
goofy
half-baked
harebrained
idiotic
ill-conceived
impracticable
imprudent
inane
inappropriate
insane
irresponsible
loony
ludicrous
nonsensical
odd
out of all reason
outrageous
peculiar
preposterous
puerile
quixotic
ridiculous
senseless
short-sighted
silly
strange
unworkable
weird
wild

crazy

adjective. unrealistic, fantastic

absurd
balmy
beyond all reason
bizarre
cockeyed
derisory
eccentric
fatuous
foolhardy
foolish
goofy
half-baked
harebrained
idiotic
ill-conceived
impracticable
imprudent
inane
inappropriate
insane
irresponsible
loony
ludicrous
nonsensical
odd
out of all reason
outrageous
peculiar
preposterous
puerile
quixotic
ridiculous
senseless
short-sighted
silly
strange
unworkable
weird
wild

extraneous

adjective. unneeded; irrevelant

accidental
additional
adventitious
beside the point
extra
foreign
immaterial
impertinent
inadmissible
inapplicable
inapposite
inappropriate
incidental
inessential
needless
nonessential
off the subject
peripheral
pointless
redundant
superfluous
supplementary
unconnected
unessential
unnecessary
unrelated

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