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Definition of Inappropriateness
1. Noun. Inappropriate conduct.
Generic synonyms: Improperness, Impropriety
Antonyms: Appropriateness
Derivative terms: Inappropriate, Inappropriate, Inappropriate
2. Noun. The quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting. "His praise released from her loud protestations of her unworthiness"
Generic synonyms: Ineptness, Unsuitability, Unsuitableness
Specialized synonyms: Inappositeness, Inaptness, Infelicity
Antonyms: Appropriateness
Derivative terms: Inappropriate
Definition of Inappropriateness
1. Noun. The quality of being inappropriate; unsuitability. ¹
2. Noun. The result of being inappropriate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inappropriateness
Literary usage of Inappropriateness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Scientific Memoirs, Being Experimental Contributions to a Knowledge of by John William Draper (1878)
"inappropriateness of the term actinic ray*.— There is no localization of chemical
effects ... inappropriateness ..."
2. Abandoned to the State: Cruelty and Neglect in Russian Orphanages by Kathleen Hunt (1999)
"177 inappropriateness of the test Two of the leading factors that critics blame
for inaccurate diagnoses are the setting and criteria used, which they argue ..."
3. A Treatise on the Origin, Progressive Improvement, and Present State of the by George Richardson Porter (1832)
"inappropriateness of this name.—Uses to which the Substance may be applied.—Common
Bottle Glass most proper for this Conversion.—Method of effecting the ..."
4. The People of Turkey: Twenty Years Residence Among Bulgarians, Greek by Mrs John Elijah Blunt (1878)
"_-inappropriateness of Dress to Different Occasions—Turkish Negligé—An Armenian
Wedding Conversation—Eastern Notions of European ..."
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