Politicians are always censured for outrageous or inappropriate behavior.
Source: tatoeba (1927)
Inappropriate
//ˌɪnəˈpɹəʊpɹi.ət//
Synonyms for "inappropriate" (183 found)
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Closest matches (37)
Strong matches (55)
ill-matchedill-seasonedill-sortedill-suitedill-timedillegalimmaterialimpertinentimpoliticin bad tasteinadmissibleinadvisableinapplicableinappositeinaptinauspiciousincidentalincompatibleincongruousinconsequent
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Adjective(5 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (91)
not at issuenot donenot the thingoff baseoff coloroff the subjectoff-baseoff-coloroffensiveout of characterout of jointout of keepingout of phaseout of placeout of proportionout of seasonout of timeout of tuneout or keepingout-of-line
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out-of-the-wayoutrageousparentheticparentheticalplacepointprematureremotesacrilegiousscandalousshamefulshamelesssinfultastelessterribletoo latetoo soonunacceptableunadaptedunaptunbecomingunbeseeminguncomelyuncongenialundesirableundignifiedundueunessentialunfavorableunfittedunfittingunfortunateungenteelunhandyunhappyunharmoniousunlawfulunlikelyunluckyunmeetunprofitableunpropitiousunqualifiedunreadyunreasonableunrelatedunrighteousunripeunsatisfactoryunseasonableunseemlyunstableunsuiteduntastefuluntimelyuntowardunwisevulgarwickedwrongwrongful
Adjective(2 words)
Adjective(7 words)
Noun(1 words)
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Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
7 entriesTranslations
66 translations across 30 languages.
Azerbaijani
4 entries- namünasib adj (not appropriate or suitable)
- tutarsız adj (not appropriate or suitable)
- uyğunsuz adj (not appropriate or suitable)
- yersiz adj (not appropriate or suitable)
Bulgarian
4 entries- неподходящ adj (not appropriate or suitable)
- несъответстващ adj (not appropriate or suitable)
- неуместен adj (not appropriate or suitable)
- нецелесъобразен adj (not appropriate or suitable)
Catalan
2 entries- improcedent adj (not appropriate or suitable)
- inapropiat adj (not appropriate or suitable)
Danish
1 entries- upassende adj (not appropriate or suitable)
Dutch
1 entries- ongepast adj (not appropriate or suitable)
Esperanto
1 entries- malkonvena adj (not appropriate or suitable)
Finnish
3 entries- asiaton adj (not appropriate or suitable)
- epäasiallinen adj (not appropriate or suitable)
- sopimaton adj (not appropriate or suitable)
French
2 entries- déplacé adj (not appropriate or suitable)
- inapproprié adj (not appropriate or suitable)
Galician
2 entries- fóra de lugar adj (not appropriate or suitable)
- inapropiado adj (not appropriate or suitable)
German
3 entries- unangebracht adj (not appropriate or suitable)
- unangemessen adj (not appropriate or suitable)
- unpassend adj (not appropriate or suitable)
Greek
1 entries- ακατάλληλος adj (not appropriate or suitable)
Gujarati
1 entries- અયોગ્ય adj (not appropriate or suitable)
Hindi
2 entries- अनुचित adj (not appropriate or suitable)
- अशोभनीय adj (not appropriate or suitable)
Hungarian
2 entries- alkalmatlan adj (not appropriate or suitable)
- helytelen adj (not appropriate or suitable)
Japanese
4 entries- そぐわない adj (not appropriate or suitable)
- 不相応な adj (not appropriate or suitable)
- 不適切な adj (not appropriate or suitable)
- 場違いな adj (not appropriate or suitable)
Lakota
1 entries- šikšíl adj (not appropriate or suitable)
Macedonian
3 entries- недо́личен adj (not appropriate or suitable)
- непри́годен adj (not appropriate or suitable)
- несоо́дветен adj (not appropriate or suitable)
Mongolian
1 entries- эегүй adj (not appropriate or suitable)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- malplassert adj (not appropriate or suitable)
- uheldig adj (not appropriate or suitable)
- upassende adj (not appropriate or suitable)
- uskikket adj (not appropriate or suitable)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- malplassert adj (not appropriate or suitable)
- uheldig adj (not appropriate or suitable)
- upassande adj (not appropriate or suitable)
- uskikka adj (not appropriate or suitable)
Okinawan
1 entries- ふそーうー adj (not appropriate or suitable)
Polish
2 entries- nieodpowiedni adj (not appropriate or suitable)
- niewłaściwy adj (not appropriate or suitable)
Portuguese
2 entries- improcedente adj (not appropriate or suitable)
- inapropriado adj (not appropriate or suitable)
Romanian
4 entries- impropriu adj (not appropriate or suitable)
- inadecvat adj (not appropriate or suitable)
- inoportun adj (not appropriate or suitable)
- necorespunzător adj (not appropriate or suitable)
Russian
1 entries- неуместный adj (not appropriate or suitable)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- neprìkladan adj (not appropriate or suitable)
Spanish
2 entries- improcedente adj (not appropriate or suitable)
- inapropiado adj (not appropriate or suitable)
Swedish
2 entries- olämplig adj (not appropriate or suitable)
- opassande adj (not appropriate or suitable)
Turkish
1 entries- uygunsuz adj (not appropriate or suitable)
Ukrainian
3 entries- невідпові́дний adj (not appropriate or suitable)
- недоре́чний adj (not appropriate or suitable)
- ненале́жний adj (not appropriate or suitable)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
He laughed loudly, which behavior seemed inappropriate.
Source: tatoeba (301309)
We're deeply sorry for the inappropriate remark earlier.
Source: tatoeba (318658)
Stop inappropriate content the moment it is posted.
Source: tatoeba (483241)
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