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inappropriateness

noun

Etymology

From inappropriate + -ness.

  1. derived from appropriātus
  2. inherited from appropriaten
  3. prefixed as inappropriate — “in + appropriate”
  4. suffixed as inappropriateness — “inappropriate + ness”

Definitions

  1. The quality of being inappropriate

    The quality of being inappropriate; unsuitability.

    • The station is seven miles from South Molton, and reference to the inappropriateness of its former name was made in the article on the naming of railway stations, by Mr. M. D. Greville, which appeared in the March issue.
    • I suppose thatʼs what I first loved about Marpessa, her unabashed inappropriateness.

  2. The result of being inappropriate.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for inappropriateness. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA