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)

Not appropriate; not suitable for the situation, time, or place.
It is inappropriate to burp at a formal dinner.

Synonyms

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Translations

not appropriate or suitable

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)

Norwegian: upassende, uheldig, malplassert, uskikket
Polish: niewłaściwy (pl) m, nieodpowiedni (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 (sh)
Spanish: inapropiado (es)
Swedish: opassande (sv), olämplig (sv)
Turkish: uygunsuz (tr)

Italian

Adjective

inappropriate

feminine plural of inappropriato

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