(adj) not suitable for a particular occasion etc, Ant. appropriate, Example:noise seems inappropriate at a time of sadness; inappropriate shoes for a walk on the beach; put inappropriate pressure on them
(n) the quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting, Syn. unworthiness, Ant. appropriateness, Example:he retracted nothing that he had said about the inappropriateness of either a corporeal God or a God who is a person; his praise released from her loud protestations of her unworthiness
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
a. Not instrument (to); not appropriate; unbecoming; unsuitable; not specially fitted; -- followed by to or for. -- In`ap*pro"pri*ate*ly, adv. -- In`ap*pro"pri*ate*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]