as in unsuitable
not appropriate for a particular occasion or situation
a bathing suit is inappropriate dress for strolling the streets of this seaside village
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Recent Examples of inappropriate
But any time opinions differ, where estrangements have caused lingering rifts, or when behaviors veer toward the inappropriate, awkwardness can set in.
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Alexandra Plakias, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
More are now coming forwards to accuse him of inappropriate touching.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
After all, Spears is a beloved celebrity, and her fans care deeply about her wellbeing; however, her mental health has also long been a topic of deep, and oftentimes inappropriate, scrutiny and speculation.
—Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
In some cases, managers didn’t bring up inappropriate or troublesome behaviors until these conversations.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2024
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Alexandra Plakias, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
More are now coming forwards to accuse him of inappropriate touching.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
After all, Spears is a beloved celebrity, and her fans care deeply about her wellbeing; however, her mental health has also long been a topic of deep, and oftentimes inappropriate, scrutiny and speculation.
—Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
In some cases, managers didn’t bring up inappropriate or troublesome behaviors until these conversations.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inappropriate
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Human services settings can suffer tremendously from unsuitable employees, who may jeopardize the health, safety or dignity of those in their care.Debra Rinell, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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That alone makes rainbow eucalyptus unsuitable for most yards, but this Southeast Asia native is also an invasive pest in the southernmost portions of the U.S. To avoid issues, some people are growing rainbow eucalyptus indoors.Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Dec. 2024
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Notably, the inspector general's review said there was no evidence that the investigations were influenced by politics or other improper considerations.Robert Legare, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2024
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The final ingredient of the DOGE cocktail is the potential improper conduct of the entity itself.Lisa Gilbert and Robert Weissman, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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But the chances of an offer shared with applicants interested in NYC Lab School for Collaborative Studies and Millennium High School were incorrect due to an error in the programs’ seat availability.Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 5 Dec. 2024
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But an incorrect response loses any points the team might’ve already gained from this clue, and another team is allowed to steal.Devon Ivie, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
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Six people, including two children, are dead after a person driving a pickup truck the wrong way on a Mississippi highway collided with a car.Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
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There are many reasons why Donald Trump is wrong about tariffs.John Gustavsson, National Review, 7 Dec. 2024
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Some artists and publishers are unhappy with the way their content is being scraped freely by companies like OpenAI and Google to train their large language models — AI models trained on huge quantities of data to generate humanlike responses.Ryan Browne, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2024
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Cronin — who had to cancel some summer shows this year due to unspecified health issues — further acknowledges that there’s acrimony between he and Hall, and he’s been unhappy with some of the social media discourse blaming him for the end of the REO Speedwagon name.Gary Graff, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2024
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The head of the ruling People Power Party turned course from Thursday in announcing that the president is unfit to lead the country.Joohee Cho, ABC News, 7 Dec. 2024
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The team used a P.E. locker room at the stadium since the normal visitors locker room has been unfit for use recently due to a sewage issue, according to MCSD public information officer Matt Jenkins.Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 26 Nov. 2024
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Meanwhile, Smartmatic's lawyers argued that the indictment is irrelevant to their lawsuit.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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While many of these Indigenous AI projects are in their early stages, Running Wolf hopes programs like his will be irrelevant in a decade or two.Iris Kim, NBC News, 29 Nov. 2024
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“Inappropriate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inappropriate. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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