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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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}]
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