2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inappropriate \In`ap*pro"pri*ate\, a.
Not instrument (to); not appropriate; unbecoming; unsuitable;
not specially fitted; -- followed by to or for --
{In`ap*pro"pri*ate*ly}, adv -- {In`ap*pro"pri*ate*ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
inappropriate
adj 1: not suitable for a particular occasion etc "noise seems
inappropriate at a time of sadness"; "inappropriate
shoes for a walk on the beach"; "put inappropriate
pressure on them" [ant: {appropriate}]
2: not conforming with accepted standards of propriety or
taste; undesirable; "incorrect behavior"; "she was seen in
all the wrong places"; "He thought it was wrong for her to
go out to work" [syn: {incorrect}, {wrong}]
3: not in keeping with what is correct or proper; "completely
inappropriate behavior" [syn: {incompatible}, {out or
keeping(p)}, {unfitting}]
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