inappropriate

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *ən-

Latin in-bor.

Middle English in-

English in-

English appropriate

English inappropriate

From in- + appropriate.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɪnəˈpɹəʊpɹi.ət/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɪnəˈpɹoʊpɹi.ət/
Hyphenation: in‧ap‧pro‧pri‧ate

Adjective

inappropriate (comparative more inappropriate, superlative most inappropriate)

Not appropriate; not suitable for the situation, time, or place.
Synonym: inept

It is inappropriate to burp at a formal dinner.

The violent movie is inappropriate for school.
(informal, in particular) Improper; adult; sexual.
kids saying inappropriate things
(informal, in particular) (of an action or thing) vile or unpleasant; repulsive.
Discrimination and abuse are examples of inappropriate actions.
(informal, in particular) Too vile.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

not appropriate or suitable

Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Azerbaijani: yersiz, tutarsız, uyğunsuz, namünasib
Bulgarian: неподходящ (bg) (nepodhodjašt), неуместен (bg) (neumesten), несъответстващ (nesǎotvetstvašt), нецелесъобразен (bg) (necelesǎobrazen)
Catalan: inapropiat, improcedent
Danish: upassende
Dutch: ongepast (nl)
Esperanto: malkonvena
Faroese: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: sopimaton (fi), epäasiallinen (fi), asiaton (fi)
French: inapproprié (fr), déplacé (fr)
Galician: inapropiado, fóra de lugar
German: unangebracht (de), unangemessen (de), unpassend (de)
Greek: ακατάλληλος (el) (akatállilos)
Gujarati: અયોગ્ય (ayogya)
Hindi: अनुचित (hi) (anucit), अशोभनीय (aśobhnīya)
Hungarian: alkalmatlan (hu), helytelen (hu)
Japanese: そぐわない (soguwanai), 場違いな (ja) (bachigai na), 不相応な (ja) (fusōō na), 不適切な (ja) (futekisetsu na)
Lakota: šikšíl
Macedonian: несоо́дветен (nesoódveten), непри́годен (neprígoden), недо́личен (nedóličen)
Mongolian: эегүй (ejegüj)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: upassende (no), uheldig (no), malplassert, uskikket

Nynorsk: upassande, uheldig, malplassert, uskikka
Okinawan: ふそーうー (fusōū)
Plautdietsch: please add this translation if you can
Polish: niewłaściwy (pl), nieodpowiedni (pl)
Portuguese: inapropriado (pt), improcedente (pt)
Romanian: inadecvat (ro), necorespunzător (ro), impropriu (ro), inoportun (ro), nepotrivit (ro)
Russian: неуместный (ru) (neumestnyj)
Serbo-Croatian: neprìkladan (sh)
Spanish: inapropiado (es), improcedente (es)
Swedish: opassande (sv), olämplig (sv)
Turkish: uygunsuz (tr)
Ukrainian: недоре́чний (nedoréčnyj), невідпові́дний (nevidpovídnyj), ненале́жний (nenaléžnyj)
Welsh: please add this translation if you can

Italian

Adjective

inappropriate

feminine plural of inappropriato