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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Inappropriate \In`ap*pro"pri*ate\, a.
     Not instrument (to); not appropriate; unbecoming; unsuitable;
     not specially fitted; -- followed by to or for. --
     In`ap*pro"pri*ate*ly, adv. -- In`ap*pro"pri*ate*ness, n.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Inappropriate \In`ap*pro"pri*ate\, a.
     Not instrument (to); not appropriate; unbecoming; unsuitable;
     not specially fitted; -- followed by to or for. --
     In`ap*pro"pri*ate*ly, adv. -- In`ap*pro"pri*ate*ness, n.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  inappropriate
       adj 1: not suitable for a particular occasion etc; "noise seems
              inappropriate at a time of sadness"; "inappropriate
              shoes for a walk on the beach"; "put inappropriate
              pressure on them" [ant: appropriate]
       2: not conforming with accepted standards of propriety or
          taste; undesirable; "incorrect behavior"; "she was seen in
          all the wrong places"; "He thought it was wrong for her to
          go out to work" [syn: incorrect, wrong]
       3: not in keeping with what is correct or proper; "completely
          inappropriate behavior" [syn: incompatible, out or
          keeping(p), unfitting]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  inappropriate
     Αγγλικά a.
     ανάρμοστος, απαράδεκτος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  inappropriate
     Italian a.
     (feminine plural of it inappropriato)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  inappropriate
     a.
     1 Not appropriate; not suitable for the situation, time, or place.
     2 (lb en informal in particular) improper; adult; sexual.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  inappropriate
     Italian a.
     (feminine plural of it inappropriato)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  inappropriate
     Italian a.
     (feminine plural of it inappropriato)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  inappropriate
     Englanti a.
     sopimaton, epäasiallinen

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  inappropriate
     Engelska a.
     olämplig, otillbörlig, opassande

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Inappropriate /ˌɪnɐpɹˈəʊpɹiət/
  غير ملائم

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  inappropriate //ˌɪnəˈpɹoʊpɹi.ət// //ˌɪnəˈpɹəʊpɹi.ət// 
  неподходящ, неуместен, несъответстващ
  not appropriate or suitable

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  inappropriate /ˌɪnɐpɹˈəʊpɹiət/
  nepatřičný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  inappropriate /ˌɪnɐpɹˈəʊpɹiət/
  nevhodný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  inappropriate /ˌɪnɐpɹˈəʊpɹiət/
  nemístný

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  inappropriate /ˌɪnɐpɹˈəʊpɹiət/ 
  anaddas 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  inappropriate /ˌɪnɐpɹˈəʊpɹiət/
  unangebracht, unpassend 
        "an inappropriate remark"  - eine unpassende Bemerkung

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  inappropriate /ˌɪnɐpɹˈəʊpɹiət/
  unangebracht, ungehörig, ungebührlich, unmanierlich, unschön, deplatziert, unkorrekt, nicht korrekt, unschicklich [geh.] , ungeziemend  [geh.]  [soc.]
           Note: für jdn.
     Synonyms: improper, indecorous, unbecoming, incorrect
  
   see: It is considered bad form to talk about the income of your interlocutor.
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  inappropriate /ˌɪnɐpɹˈəʊpɹiət/
  unzutreffend, nicht anwendbar, unanwendbar 
           Note: auf
     Synonym: inapplicable
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  inappropriate /ˌɪnɐpɹˈəʊpɹiət/
  zweckfremd, zweckwidrig, widmungsfremd, widmungswidrig  [adm.]
        "inappropriate use of data"  - zweckfremde Verwendung von Daten

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  inappropriate /ˌɪnɐpɹˈəʊpɹiət/
  
  ακατάλληλος

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  inappropriate //ˌɪnəˈpɹoʊpɹi.ət// //ˌɪnəˈpɹəʊpɹi.ət// 
  asiaton, epäasiallinen, sopimaton
  not appropriate or suitable

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  inappropriate /ˌɪnɐpɹˈəʊpɹiət/ 
  1. असंगत
        "It seem inappropriate for us to intervene at this stage."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  inappropriate /ˌɪnɐpɹˈəʊpɹiət/
  nepodesan, neprikladan, neumjestan

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  inappropriate /ˌɪnɐpɹˈəʊpɹiət/
  1. alkalmatlan
  2. helytelen

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  inappropriate //ˌɪnəˈpɹoʊpɹi.ət// //ˌɪnəˈpɹəʊpɹi.ət// 
  そぐわない, 不適切, 場違い, 不相応
  not appropriate or suitable

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  inappropriate //ˌɪnəˈpɹoʊpɹi.ət// //ˌɪnəˈpɹəʊpɹi.ət// 
  uskikket
  not appropriate or suitable

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  inappropriate /ˌɪnəˈprəʊprɪət/ 
    nieodpowiedni

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  inappropriate //ˌɪnəˈpɹoʊpɹi.ət// //ˌɪnəˈpɹəʊpɹi.ət// 
  olämplig, opassande
  not appropriate or suitable

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  inappropriate /ˌɪnɐpɹˈəʊpɹiət/
  1. uygun olmayan, yakışık almayan, münasebetsiz. inappropriately  yakışık almaz bir şekilde. inappropriateness  uygunsuzluk, münasebetsizlik.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˌɪnəˈpɹoʊpɹiɪt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  150 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 不适当的,不相称的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 不适当的,不相称的

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