Meaning

4 senses
  1. Not appropriate; not suitable for the situation, time, or place.

    It is inappropriate to burp at a formal dinner.

    The violent movie is inappropriate for school.

    unangebracht, unangemessen, unpassend

    неуместныйneumestnyj

    недоре́чнийnedoréčnyj, невідпові́днийnevidpovídnyj, ненале́жнийnenaléžnyj

  2. (informal)Improper; adult; sexual.

    kids saying inappropriate things

  3. (informal)(of an action or thing) vile or unpleasant; repulsive.

    Discrimination and abuse are examples of inappropriate actions.

  4. (informal)Too vile.

More definitions
  • not suitable for a particular occasion etc
  • not in keeping with what is correct or proper

Examples

135 sentences
  1. I think this is inappropriate.

    Я вважаю це недоречним.

    deIch halte das für unangebracht.

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  2. I think you know that's inappropriate.

    ruЯ думаю, ты знаешь, что это неуместно.

    deIch denke, du weißt, dass das unpassend ist.

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  3. What Tom is wearing is inappropriate.

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  4. I thought that it was inappropriate.

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  5. I think that question is inappropriate.

    ruЯ считаю этот вопрос неуместным.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
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Русский
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not appropriate or suitable:
Deutsch
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not appropriate or suitable:

Forms

more inappropriate, most inappropriate

Synonyms

11 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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