'Inappropriate' definitions:
Definition of 'inappropriate'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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]
adjective
Not in keeping with what is correct or proper; "completely inappropriate behavior" [syn: inappropriate, incompatible, out or keeping(p), unfitting]
Definition of 'Inappropriate'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'inappropriate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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