inappropriate
/ɪnəˈprəʊprɪət/
US pronunciation
American sound/ɪnəˈprəʊprɪət/
ɪnəˈprəʊprɪət
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ɪnə - ˈprəʊprɪət -> inappropriate
Myanmar meaning
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inappropriate / Çnǝ'prǝƱpriǝt / adj ~ (to / for sb / sth )
မသင့်လျော်သော။ မဆီလျော်သော။
an inappropriate comment / name / moment
❍ clothes inappropriate to the occasion ❍ It seems inappropriate for us to intervene at this stage.
❑ inappropriately adv : inappropriately dressed for a funeral. inappropriateness n [U]
More examples
- Inappropriate use of medication
- [inappropriate for] : Clearly the punishment is inappropriate for the crime.
- [inappropriate to] : Marketing techniques that are totally inappropriate to education
- [it is inappropriate to do something] : It is perhaps inappropriate to talk of ‘rights’ in this context.
- He denies that they had any kind of inappropriate relationship.
- [it is inappropriate for someone to do something] : They admitted that it had been inappropriate for him to comment on the matter.
Synonyms
unsuitable, unfortunate, inapt, wrong, out of place, badly chosen, bad form, disproportionate, foot-in-mouth, garbage, ill-chosen, ill-fitted, ill-suited, ill-timed, improper, inapplicable, inapposite, inapropos, incongruous, inconsonant, incorrect, indecorous, inept, insensitive, irrelevant, left-field, malapropos, misplaced, not proper, off, out of line, suitable, tactless, tasteless, unacceptable, unbecoming, unbefitting, undue, unfit, unfitting, unmeet, unseasonable, unseemly, untimely, way off, wrong-number
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