inappropriate

English

Etymology

in- +‎ appropriate

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˌɪnəˈpɹəʊpɹiət/, X-SAMPA: /%In@"pr\@Upr\i@t/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˌɪnəˈpɹoʊpɹiət/, X-SAMPA: /%In@"pr\oUpr\i@t/
• Hyphenation: in‧ap‧pro‧pri‧ate

Adjective

inappropriate (comparative more inappropriate, superlative most inappropriate)

1. Not appropriate; not suitable for the situation, time, and/or place.

   It is inappropriate to burp at a formal dinner.

   "While PDA or sexual irresponsibility may be considered unsuitable, it is not inappropriate for teenagers in a relationship and nearly of legal age to talk alone."

Synonyms

• out of line
• unfit
• unsuitable

Derived terms

• inappropriately
• inappropriateness

Translations

not appropriate or suitable

• Dutch: ongepast (nl)
• Esperanto: malkonvena (eo)
• Finnish: sopimaton (fi), epäasiallinen (fi), asiaton (fi)
• French: inapproprié (fr)
• German: unangebracht (de), unangemessen (de)
• Hungarian: alkalmatlan (hu), helytelen (hu)
• Norwegian: upassende (no), uheldig (no), malplassert (no), uskikket (no)
• Polish: niewłaściwy (pl) m

• Portuguese: inapropriado (pt) m
• Romanian: inadecvat (ro), necorespunzător (ro), impropriu (ro) m and n, inoportun (ro) m and n, nepotrivit (ro) m and n
• Russian: неуместный (ru) (neumestnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: neprìkladan (sh)
• Spanish: inapropiado (es)
• Swedish: opassande (sv), olämplig (sv)

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Italian

Adjective

inappropriate f

1. Feminine plural form of inappropriato