Meanings
comparative more inappropriate · superlative most inappropriate
- Not appropriate; not suitable for the situation, time, or place.
The violent movie is inappropriate for school.
1 more example
It is inappropriate to burp at a formal dinner.
Synonyms: inept
- informal(of an action or thing) vile or unpleasant; repulsive.
Discrimination and abuse are examples of inappropriate actions.
- informalToo vile.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot appropriate; not suitable for the situation, time, or place.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivenot suitable for a particular occasion etc
adjectivenot in keeping with what is correct or proper
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Italic*n̥-
- Latinin-
- Middle Englishin-
- Englishin-
- Englishappropriate
- Englishinappropriate
From in- + appropriate.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian неподходящ, неуместен
- неподходящ (nepodhodjašt)not appropriate or suitable
- неуместен (neumesten)not appropriate or suitable
- несъответстващ (nesăotvetstvašt)not appropriate or suitable
- нецелесъобразен (necelesăobrazen)not appropriate or suitable
Catalan inapropiat, improcedent
- inapropiatnot appropriate or suitable
- improcedentnot appropriate or suitable
Danish upassende
- upassendenot appropriate or suitable
Dutch ongepast
- ongepastnot appropriate or suitable
Esperanto malkonvena
- malkonvenanot appropriate or suitable
Finnish sopimaton, epäasiallinen
- sopimatonnot appropriate or suitable
- epäasiallinennot appropriate or suitable
- asiatonnot appropriate or suitable
French inapproprié, déplacé
- inappropriénot appropriate or suitable
- déplacénot appropriate or suitable
German unangebracht, unangemessen
- unangebrachtnot appropriate or suitable
- unangemessennot appropriate or suitable
- unpassendnot appropriate or suitable
Greek ακατάλληλος
- ακατάλληλος (akatállilos)not appropriate or suitable
Hindi अनुचित, अशोभनीय
- अनुचित (anucit)not appropriate or suitable
- अशोभनीय (aśobhnīya)not appropriate or suitable
Hungarian alkalmatlan, helytelen
- alkalmatlannot appropriate or suitable
- helytelennot appropriate or suitable
Japanese そぐわない, 場違いな
- そぐわない (soguwanai)not appropriate or suitable
- 場違いな (bachigai na)not appropriate or suitable
- 不相応な (fusōō na)not appropriate or suitable
- 不適切な (futekisetsu na)not appropriate or suitable
Norwegian Bokmål upassende, uheldig
- upassendenot appropriate or suitable
- uheldignot appropriate or suitable
- malplassertnot appropriate or suitable
- uskikketnot appropriate or suitable
Polish niewłaściwy, nieodpowiedni
- niewłaściwynot appropriate or suitable
- nieodpowiedninot appropriate or suitable
Portuguese inapropriado, improcedente
- inapropriadonot appropriate or suitable
- improcedentenot appropriate or suitable
Romanian inadecvat, necorespunzător
- inadecvatnot appropriate or suitable
- necorespunzătornot appropriate or suitable
- impropriunot appropriate or suitable
- inoportunnot appropriate or suitable
- nepotrivitnot appropriate or suitable
Russian неуместный
- неуместный (neumestnyj)not appropriate or suitable
Spanish inapropiado, improcedente
- inapropiadonot appropriate or suitable
- improcedentenot appropriate or suitable
Swedish opassande, olämplig
- opassandenot appropriate or suitable
- olämplignot appropriate or suitable
Turkish uygunsuz
- uygunsuznot appropriate or suitable
Ukrainian недоре́чний, невідпові́дний
- недоре́чний (nedoréčnyj)not appropriate or suitable
- невідпові́дний (nevidpovídnyj)not appropriate or suitable
- ненале́жний (nenaléžnyj)not appropriate or suitable
Cite this entry
inappropriate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inappropriate
“inappropriate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inappropriate. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inappropriate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inappropriate.
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