as in unsuitable
not appropriate for a particular occasion or situation
a bathing suit is inappropriate dress for strolling the streets of this seaside village
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Recent Examples of inappropriate
The inappropriate language Trooper Proctor used in private text messages read aloud in open court were mistakes that may warrant discipline and corrective action.
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Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2025
Death threats are a wildly inappropriate response to this matter.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 17 Mar. 2025
In the Confucian culture of Han China, such actions were considered highly inappropriate for women, but Empress Dowager Ling carried them out while holding the Chinese title of empress dowager.
—Stephanie Balkwill, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025
Identify scenarios where human oversight is essential and prevent inappropriate AI autonomy over sensitive business areas.
—Brent Dykes, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for inappropriate
Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2025
Death threats are a wildly inappropriate response to this matter.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 17 Mar. 2025
In the Confucian culture of Han China, such actions were considered highly inappropriate for women, but Empress Dowager Ling carried them out while holding the Chinese title of empress dowager.
—Stephanie Balkwill, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025
Identify scenarios where human oversight is essential and prevent inappropriate AI autonomy over sensitive business areas.
—Brent Dykes, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inappropriate
Adjective
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However, the land presented a challenge: its marshy terrain was unsuitable for planting.—
Nel-Olivia Waga,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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Moscow has for months been seeking to weaponize Ukraine's democratic freeze, with Putin and his allies framing Zelenskyy as illegitimate and therefore unsuitable to take part in peace talks.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Medicare, the health insurance program for senior citizens, racked up $54.3 billion in improper payments last year.—
Kevin R. Kosar,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
21 Mar. 2025
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This can happen due to simple things like the passage of time, changes in circumstance or improper categorization.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA TODAY,
20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Do not sign an immigration form that includes incorrect information or blanks.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Mar. 2025
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And then there is Derek McDaniel, whose incorrect assembling of his nomination packet for 2023 city council race resulted in a circuit court judge bouncing him from the ballot, and whose campaign yard sign size and placement have been questioned in this race.—
Naperville Sun,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The question of the night is the choice between selling out their souls to the vapid American tourists at the Tropicana nightclub (bad) or singing for their own people on the wrong side of the tracks (good).—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
20 Mar. 2025
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Adventure quickly turned deadly as smoke rising from a crater lake indicated that something was very wrong.—
Michelle Lee,
People.com,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Rather than panic, consider that software developers are pretty unhappy with the status quo.—
Steve Rodda,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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Recent polling also suggests that Americans are relatively unhappy with DOGE’s efforts.—
Filip Timotija,
The Hill,
15 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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These individuals—who meet all military requirements, are deployed worldwide, and serve with distinction—are now labeled unfit based on a characteristic that has nothing to do with their abilities or performance.—
Carlos Del Toro,
Newsweek,
17 Mar. 2025
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When the Gulf War broke out in 1990, many staffers resisted covering it at all, deeming it a jingoistic exercise unfit for media participation.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The weather’s getting warmer in Montreal, playoff weather, a time of year this group is used to looking for external, irrelevant sources of motivation to play out the string.—
Arpon Basu,
The Athletic,
16 Mar. 2025
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Too long to weed through red herrings and convolutions in the mystery that eventually border on irrelevant.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Inappropriate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inappropriate. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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