INAPPROPRIATE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • not suitable for a particular occasion etc
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • noise seems inappropriate at a time of sadness
   • inappropriate shoes for a walk on the beach
   • put inappropriate pressure on them
   
   Antonym(s)
   • appropriate (what does appropriate mean?)
   
   Similar To
   • unsuitable (what does unsuitable mean?)
   • improper (what does improper mean?)
   • wrong (what does wrong mean?)
   • unbefitting (what does unbefitting mean?)
   
   See Also
   • improper (what does improper mean?)
   • malapropos (what does malapropos mean?)
   
   Attribute(s)
   • appropriateness (what does appropriateness mean?)
2. Meaning
   • not in keeping with what is correct or proper
   
   Synonym(s)
   • incompatible (what does incompatible mean?)
   • out or keeping(p) (what does out or keeping(p) mean?)
   • unfitting (what does unfitting mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • completely inappropriate behavior
   
   Similar To
   • incongruous (what does incongruous mean?)
3. Meaning
   • not conforming with accepted standards of propriety or taste
   • undesirable
   
   Synonym(s)
   • incorrect (what does incorrect mean?)
   • wrong (what does wrong mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • incorrect behavior
   • she was seen in all the wrong places
   • He thought it was wrong for her to go out to work
   
   Similar To
   • improper (what does improper mean?)