inappropriate
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
not suitable for a particular occasion etc
noise seems inappropriate at a time of sadness
Related & opposite
- malapropos also see
- improper also see
- appropriate antonym
- appropriateness attribute
- inappropriateness derivation
- inappropriateness derivation
- unbefitting similar to
- wrong similar to
Sense 2 adjective
not in keeping with what is correct or proper
completely inappropriate behavior
Related & opposite
- inappropriateness derivation
- incongruous similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | malapropos |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | improper |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | appropriate |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | appropriateness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | inappropriateness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | inappropriateness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | unbefitting |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | wrong |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | inappropriateness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | incongruous |