inappropriate

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: in=ap=pro=pri=ate

CIDE DICTIONARY

inappropriate, a. 

 Not instrument (to); not appropriate; unbecoming; unsuitable; not specially fitted; -- followed by to or for.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

inappropriate, adj. not appropriate.

Derivative

inappropriately adv. inappropriateness n.

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

inappropriate

Inexpedience

N inexpedience, inexpediency, undesirableness, undesirability, discommodity, impropriety, unfitness, inutility, disadvantage, inexpedient, undesirable, unadvisable, inadvisable, objectionable, inapt, ineligible, inadmissible, inconvenient, incommodious, discommodious, disadvantageous, inappropriate, unfit, ill-contrived, ill-advised, unsatisfactory, unprofitable, unsubservient, inopportune, out of place, in the wrong place, improper, unseemly, clumsy, awkward, cumbrous, cumbersome, lumbering, unwieldy, hulky, unmanageable, impedient, unnecessary, it will never do.

Disagreement

N disagreement, discord, discordance, dissonance, dissidence, discrepancy, unconformity, incongruity, incongruence, discongruity, mesalliance, jarring, dissension, conflict, bickering, clashing, misunderstanding, wrangle, disparity, mismatch, disproportion, dissimilitude, inequality, disproportionateness, variance, divergence, repugnance, unfitness, inaptitude, impropriety, inapplicability, inconsistency, inconcinnity, irrelevancy, misjoining, misjoinder, syncretism, intrusion, interference, concordia discors, fish out of water, disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, at variance, at war, hostile, antagonistic, repugnant, incompatible, irreconcilable, inconsistent with, unconformable, exceptional, intrusive, incongruous, disproportionate, disproportionated, inharmonious, unharmonious, inconsonant, unconsonant, divergent, repugnant to, inapt, unapt, inappropriate, improper, unsuited, unsuitable, inapplicable, not to the point, unfit, unfitting, unbefitting, unbecoming, illtimed, unseasonable, mal a propos, inadmissible, inapposite, uncongenial, ill-assorted, ill-sorted, mismatched, misjoined, misplaced, misclassified, unaccommodating, irreducible, incommensurable, uncommensurable, unsympathetic, out of character, out of keeping, out of proportion, out of joint, out of tune, out of place, out of season, out of its element, at odds with, at variance with, in defiance, in contempt, in spite of, discordantly, a tort et a travers, asinus ad lyram.