inappropriate

  • (a) 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
  • (s) not in keeping with what is correct or proper
    • completely inappropriate behavior
    out or keeping, unfitting, incompatible,

Synonyms

out or keeping unfitting incompatible

Antonyms

appropriate

See also

improper malapropos

Words of close approximity

inappropriately inappropriateness