not suitable or appropriate in a particular situation inappropriate behavior/language inappropriate (for somebody/something) (to do something) It would be inappropriate for me to comment . inappropriate to/for something clothes inappropriate for the occasion opposite appropriate
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NAmE//ˌɪnəˈproʊpriəsi//
noun [uncountable] adverb She was inappropriately dressed for a funeral.
noun [uncountable]See inappropriate in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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