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inappropriately



ADVERB
improperly
Synonyms
ADVERB
inconveniently
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Agents built with OpenAI's models have inappropriately accessed websites maintained by US federal agencies, an Australian government health statistics portal and Hugging Face, a repository of AI models.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

Hatter says there can be very different and unpredictable responses to grief, including a condition known as "bereavement mania" where someone can seem inappropriately hyper or even euphoric after the loss of a loved one.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

And those consequences tend to be mild: Several incidents in the Washington Post piece resulted in probation for offenders who used Flock inappropriately.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026

“There is no evidence that any loan was inappropriately extended, or that any loan failed to perform,” the statement said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

As for Lola, she spoke her lines correctly but casually, and sometimes smiled inappropriately at some private thought, determined to demonstrate that her nearly adult mind was elsewhere.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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