inappropriateness

inappropriateness
noun
1. inappropriate conduct
Syn: ↑wrongness
Ant: ↑appropriateness
Derivationally related forms: ↑inappropriate (for: ↑wrongness), ↑inappropriate
Hypernyms: ↑impropriety, ↑improperness
2. the quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting
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he retracted nothing that he had said about the inappropriateness of either a corporeal God or a God who is a person

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his praise released from her loud protestations of her unworthiness

Syn: ↑unworthiness
Ant: ↑appropriateness
Derivationally related forms: ↑inappropriate
Hypernyms: ↑unsuitability, ↑unsuitableness, ↑ineptness
Hyponyms: ↑inaptness, ↑inappositeness, ↑infelicity

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  • inappropriateness — inappropriate ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not suitable or appropriate. DERIVATIVES inappropriately adverb inappropriateness noun …   English terms dictionary

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  • inappropriateness — noun see inappropriate …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • inappropriateness — See inappropriately. * * * …   Universalium

  • inappropriateness — noun a) The quality of being inappropriate; unsuitability. b) The result of being inappropriate …   Wiktionary

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  • inappropriateness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The condition of being improper: improperness, impropriety, unbecomingness, unfitness, unseemliness, unsuitability, unsuitableness. See AGREE, USUAL …   English dictionary for students

  • inappropriateness — in·ap pro·pri·ate·ness || ‚ɪnÉ™prəʊprɪətnɪs n. unsuitableness, incongruousness; unseemliness; improperness …   English contemporary dictionary

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