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Adjective: inappropriate  `i-nu'prow-pree-ut
  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"
     
  2. Not in keeping with what is correct or proper
    "completely inappropriate behaviour"
    - incompatible, out of keeping, unfitting

See also: appropriateness, improper, inappropriately, inappropriateness, incongruous, malapropos, unbefitting, wrong

Antonym: appropriate