inappropriate

Example Sentences

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It’s just a downer, an inappropriate introduction of ugly real-world truths.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

His way of impatiently rebuffing Salome’s inappropriate advances is to give her singing lessons.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

But it was through that audit that the trust became aware there had been "inappropriate access that spread from their own trust to the acute trust".

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Volker Beck, president of the German-Israeli Society, labelled Steinmeier's comments on the war "grossly inappropriate" and said they displayed a "smug know-it-all attitude".

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

She constantly called out neighbors on overgrown grass, inappropriate paint colors, and too bright Christmas lights.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas