inappropo

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adjective

Inappropriate.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

inappropo1

adjectiveinappropo (comparative more inappropo, superlative most inappropo)

comparative more inappropo · superlative most inappropo · alternative inappropro · alternative inapropo · alternative inapropro

  1. informalInappropriate.

    Just in case the song isn't edited to your tastes, hit some crazy effect to help cover up the inappropo stuff.

    2013 May, Arnoldo Offermann, “An Ounce of Perception: Rather Than Just Lamenting Modern Music, Here Are Steps to Make It Work”, in Mobile Beat, number 149, →ISSN, page 51
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    So it seems like this Ur-text of American horny teendom is in good hands. In fact, months away from its 2020 launch, HBO Max is already establishing itself as a go-to online home base for delightfully inapropro teen-series spinoffs.

    2019 October 15, Rebecca Alter, “Tell Us About It, Stud: HBO Max Orders Grease: Rydell High Musical Series”, in Vulture

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adjectiveinappropo (comparative more inappropo, superlative most inappropo)

comparative more inappropo · superlative most inappropo

  1. nonstandardNot apropos.

    “But what has all this wordy, windy, inappropo introductory to do with the subject matter suggested by your heading?”

    1874, Charles W. Jay, “My First Hunt in My New Home”, in My New Home in Northern Michigan: And Other Tales, Trenton, NJ: W. S. and E. W. Sharp, page 103
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    I am sorry that Mr. Clarke has relied on undated memos, unofficial letters and not more on official papers, or action, so his reference to my papers become somewhat inappropro.

    1956, Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers, Inc., volume 68, page 613

Origin

Clipping of inappropriate + -o. But perhaps by confusion with a supposed opposite of apropos with prefix in-; see etymology 2 below.

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inappropo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inappropo

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Chicago

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