inappropriate

English

Etymology

in- +‎ appropriate

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɪnəˈpɹəʊpɹi.ət/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɪnəˈpɹoʊpɹi.ət/
• Hyphenation: in‧ap‧pro‧pri‧ate

Adjective

inappropriate (comparative more inappropriate, superlative most inappropriate)

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

   It is inappropriate to burp at a formal dinner.

2. (informal) Improper; adult; sexual.

   kids saying inappropriate things

Synonyms

• out of line
• unfit
• unsuitable
• improper

Derived terms

• inappropriately
• inappropriateness

Translations

not appropriate or suitable

• Bulgarian: неподходящ (bg) (nepodhodjašt), неуместен (bg) (neumesten), несъответстващ (nesǎotvetstvašt)
• Catalan: inapropiat
• Dutch: ongepast (nl)
• Esperanto: malkonvena
• Finnish: sopimaton (fi), epäasiallinen, asiaton (fi)
• French: inapproprié (fr), déplacé (fr) m, déplacé (fr) m
• German: unangebracht, unangemessen (de)
• Greek: ακατάλληλος (el) m (akatállilos)
• Gujarati: અયોગ્ય (ayogya)
• Hungarian: alkalmatlan (hu), helytelen (hu)

• Lakota: šikšíl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: upassende (no), uheldig (no), malplassert, uskikket

  Nynorsk: upassande, uheldig, malplassert, uskikka

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

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Italian

Adjective

inappropriate

1. feminine plural of inappropriato