inappropriate

Speech parts

1. inappropriate - Adjective

2. inappropriate - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

improper unfit unseemly unsuitable out of place unbecoming wrong incompatible unacceptable indecent misplaced incongruous unfitting indecorous ineligible
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Antonyms

appropriate orthodox just well right due
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Phrases with the word

inappropriate looker inappropriate label inappropriate antidiuretic hormone inappropriate e-mail inappropriate designation inappropriate advances

Examples

How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean. Arthur C. Clarke

When you talk about a great actor, you're not talking about Tom Cruise. His whole behavior is so shocking. It's inappropriate and vulgar and absolutely unacceptable to use your private life to sell anything commercially, but I think it's kind of a sickness. Lauren Bacall

When you're up for an Oscar, you just get offered everything. It's fantastic, but a lot of it you're completely inappropriate for. Helena Bonham Carter

To speak today of a famous novelist is like speaking of a famous cabinetmaker or speedboat designer. Adjective is inappropriate to noun. Gore Vidal

Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely successfully, or just completely, the correct response to death's perfect punctuation mark is a smile. Julie Burchill

The demons are innumerable, arrive at the most inappropriate times and create panic and terror... but I have learned that if I can master the negative forces and harness them to my chariot, then they can work to my advantage.... Lilies often grow out of carcasses' arseholes. Ingmar Bergman

Close letter words and terms

inappropo inappropriable inappropriacy inappropriate advances inappropriate alias inappropriate antidiuretic hormone