Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Unsuitableness; unfitness.
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- noun uncountable The quality of being
inappropriate ;unsuitability . - noun countable The result of being
inappropriate .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun inappropriate conduct
- noun the quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Democratic Alliance on Thursday criticised what it described as the inappropriateness of China's pledges, a lack of specifics, and the fact that no formalised agreement seemed to be forthcoming.
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Well, in a way, the inappropriateness is a saving grace.
Roland Emmerich to film FOUNDATION trilogy Adam Whitehead 2010
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I went off the pill and I felt much better and I convinced myself that maybe the inappropriateness was a hallucination from the pill.
partygirl Diary Entry partygirl 2000
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It has been taken up and developed in America until it has reached a climax of splendor and, if we may say so, inappropriateness, that is characteristic of the following of foreign fashions in this country.
Manners and Social Usages Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood
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What the two of you do at a Halloween party to play up the "inappropriateness" of this pairing is totally your business.
Friday List: 10 excellent celebrity and pop culture Halloween costumes Jen Chaney 2010
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Wright and his 'inappropriateness' has been known and discussed all along.
Obama: I "Profoundly Disagree" With Pastor Over "God Damn America" Comments 2009
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Wright and his 'inappropriateness' has been known and discussed all along.
Obama: I "Profoundly Disagree" With Pastor Over "God Damn America" Comments 2009
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It won't entirely succeed, of course, but it puts the media on the defensive and makes them reflexively look for "inappropriateness" in the criticism and makes it necessary for everyone to issue a standard disclaimer saying "John McCain is hero and and I have nothing but respect and admiration for his great sacrifice and leadership but...."
Hullabaloo 2008
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As opposed to cuddling misbehaving toddlers and gently sing-songing the "inappropriateness" of what they're doing (as Mellor describes one mother's ineffectually doing, after her son tried to choke Mellor's), she suggests a sequence of old-fashioned disciplinary moves.
Marshal Plan 2005
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As opposed to cuddling misbehaving toddlers and gently sing-songing the "inappropriateness" of what they're doing (as Mellor describes one mother's ineffectually doing, after her son tried to choke Mellor's), she suggests a sequence of old-fashioned disciplinary moves.
Marshal Plan 2005
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