inappropriately
45
4.5
- adverb
- /ˌɪnəˈproʊpriətli/
:
de manera inapropiada
- The meeting was awkward because he made several inappropriately personal comments about his colleagues.
- behave inappropriately
- use inappropriately
- appropriately or inappropriately
And then she sometimes used to touch me inappropriately, apart from the beatings.
- And then she sometimes used to touch me inappropriately, apart from the beatings.
- Drexel University banned inconsiderate jokes and, wait for it, inappropriately directed laughter.
- And he and and he admits in this tweet to talking to somebody inappropriately who was underage.
- They've just come from work and they're not behaving in any way inappropriately.
- When he had found some pictures on his uncle's phone of stuff that was inappropriately happening to his sister.
- So what's left to do if one doesn't want to be inappropriately academic or piously presumptuous?
- What I'd offer is that problem, the attrition problem got conflated inappropriately with with Kyle Mullen's death later.
- My education was not was left something to be desired and I sometimes use terms inappropriately.
- And yes, I think there are there is some concern and we've seen that in the NHS and we've seen that in healthcare about information being used inappropriately.
- It's changes in inappropriately applied technology of all kinds.
- My team and I will not tolerate backbiting, second guessing inappropriately or drama.
- And when they contract inappropriately is when you have problems breathing like an asthma.
Examples
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Before 2006, oxygen was sometimes prescribed inappropriately, and the supply to patients was haphazard.
Academic text (2011) -
His wife accused him of inappropriately touching their daughter.
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A little girl says you touched her inappropriately in class.
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Students also used the words inappropriately in class discussions and written work.
Academic text (2015) -
The students were appropriately engaged a great deal less (17%), and inappropriately engaged more (3%).
Academic text (1994) -
Some critics labeled it a Western technology inappropriately imposed on non-Western societies.
Academic text (2000) -
The University of Connecticut forbids not only speech deemed offensive but also "inappropriately directed laughter."
Academic text (1992) -
My team and I will not tolerate backbiting, second guessing inappropriately or drama.
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"No, I haven't seen it," Blizzard said, in a voice Chee felt was inappropriately loud.
Fiction book (1993) -
This is a problem with your immune system inappropriately attacking your thyroid gland or some part of your thyroid function.
Synonyms
49
3.4
In a way that is wrong or not suitable for the situation
5
4.1
In a way that shows poor judgment
4
4.4
To a level that cannot be tolerated
3
7.9
In a way that seems out of place for the situation
1
6.5
In a way that is not careful about other people's feelings and can embarrass them
1
7.7
In a way that shows no care for possible bad results
1
6.9
In a clumsy way that does not suit the situation
1
8.1
In a way that is not proper or suitable for the situation
In a way that is not right for the situation
In a way that is not suitable for the situation
In a way that is not right for the situation or person
In a way that shows bad manners
In a way that is not sensible in the situation
In an awkward or wrong way that causes trouble
In a way that is not wise or safe
Acting without good sense or careful thought
Antonyms
How Appropriate
Surface Forms
Morphology
inappropriately = inappropriate (transparent) = in + appropriate + ly
This is a standard adverb formation from the adjective 'inappropriate' with '-ly', and the meaning is directly predictable.
Etymology
Inappropriately breaks into in- meaning 'not' and appropriate meaning 'suitable' or 'right for the situation'. So to act inappropriately is to act in a way that is 'not suitable' for that situation.