Inappropriate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  150 Moby Thesaurus words for "inappropriate":
     aberrant, abnormal, abominable, adrift, atrocious, bad,
     beside the mark, beside the point, beside the question, chintzy,
     criminal, delinquent, deviant, discordant, disgraceful, evil,
     excessive, extraneous, extrinsic, futile, hardly the thing,
     ignominious, ill-adapted, ill-advised, ill-assorted, ill-chosen,
     ill-considered, ill-fitted, ill-matched, ill-seasoned, ill-sorted,
     ill-suited, ill-timed, illegal, immaterial, impertinent, impolitic,
     improper, in bad taste, inadmissible, inadvisable, inapplicable,
     inapposite, inapt, inauspicious, incidental, incompatible,
     incongruous, inconsequent, inconsonant, inconvenient, incorrect,
     indecent, indecorous, indelicate, indiscreet, inelegant, inept,
     inexpedient, infamous, infelicitous, inharmonious, inopportune,
     intempestive, intrusive, irrelative, irrelevant, late,
     mal a propos, maladjusted, malapropos, misjoined, mismatched,
     mismated, misplaced, mistimed, nihil ad rem, nonessential,
     not at issue, not done, not the thing, off base, off the subject,
     off-base, off-color, offensive, out of character, out of joint,
     out of keeping, out of line, out of phase, out of place,
     out of proportion, out of season, out of time, out of tune,
     out-of-line, out-of-the-way, parenthetical, premature,
     sacrilegious, scandalous, shameful, shameless, sinful, tasteless,
     terrible, too late, too soon, unadapted, unapt, unbecoming,
     unbefitting, unbeseeming, uncongenial, undesirable, undignified,
     undue, unessential, unfavorable, unfit, unfitted, unfitting,
     unfortunate, ungenteel, unhandy, unhappy, unharmonious, unlawful,
     unlucky, unmeet, unprofitable, unpropitious, unqualified, unready,
     unrighteous, unripe, unseasonable, unseemly, unstable, unsuitable,
     unsuited, untasteful, untimely, untoward, unwise, vulgar, wicked,
     wrong, wrongful