Dictionary Definition
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]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Adjective
- Not appropriate;
not suitable for the
situation.
- It is inappropriate to burp at a formal dinner.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
aberrant, abnormal, abominable, adrift, atrocious, bad, beside the mark, beside the
point, beside the question, chintzy, criminal, delinquent, deviant, discordant, disgraceful, evil, excessive, extraneous, extrinsic, futile, hardly the thing,
ignominious,
ill-adapted, ill-advised, ill-assorted, ill-chosen, ill-considered,
ill-fitted, ill-matched, ill-seasoned, ill-sorted, ill-suited,
ill-timed, illegal,
immaterial, impertinent, impolitic, improper, in bad taste,
inadmissible,
inadvisable,
inapplicable,
inapposite, inapt, inauspicious, incidental, incompatible, incongruous, inconsequent, inconsonant, inconvenient, incorrect, indecent, indecorous, indelicate, indiscreet, inelegant, inept, inexpedient, infamous, infelicitous, inharmonious, inopportune, intempestive, intrusive, irrelative, irrelevant, late, mal a propos, maladjusted, malapropos, misjoined, mismatched, mismated, misplaced, mistimed, nihil ad rem,
nonessential, not
at issue, not done, not the thing, off base, off the subject,
off-base, off-color, offensive, out of character,
out of joint, out of keeping, out of line, out of phase, out of
place, out of proportion, out of season, out of time, out of tune,
out-of-line, out-of-the-way, parenthetical, premature, sacrilegious, scandalous, shameful, shameless, sinful, tasteless, terrible, too late, too soon,
unadapted, unapt, unbecoming, unbefitting, unbeseeming, uncongenial, undesirable, undignified, undue, unessential, unfavorable, unfit, unfitted, unfitting, unfortunate, ungenteel, unhandy, unhappy, unharmonious, unlawful, unlucky, unmeet, unprofitable, unpropitious, unqualified, unready, unrighteous, unripe, unseasonable, unseemly, unstable, unsuitable, unsuited, untasteful, untimely, untoward, unwise, vulgar, wicked, wrong, wrongful