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noun
The quality of being inappropriate; unsuitability.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
The result of being inappropriate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
the quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: unworthiness
Antonyms: appropriateness
Broader terms: unsuitability, unsuitableness, ineptness
Narrower terms: inaptness, inappositeness, infelicity
noun
inappropriate conduct
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: wrongness
Antonyms: appropriateness
Broader terms: impropriety, improperness
History
Etymology tree English inappropriate Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English inappropriateness From inappropriate + -ness.
Across languages
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
