inappropriate

English

Etymology

in- +‎ appropriate

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɪnəˈpɹəʊpɹiət/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɪnəˈpɹoʊpɹiət/
• 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

• Catalan: inapropiat
• Dutch: ongepast (nl)
• Esperanto: malkonvena
• Finnish: sopimaton (fi), epäasiallinen, asiaton (fi)
• French: inapproprié (fr)
• German: unangebracht, unangemessen (de)
• Hungarian: alkalmatlan (hu), helytelen (hu)
• Norwegian: upassende, uheldig, malplassert, uskikket

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

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Italian

Adjective

inappropriate f

1. Feminine plural form of inappropriato