English noun: inappropriateness | |||
1. | inappropriateness (attribute) inappropriate conduct | ||
Synonyms | wrongness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | improperness, impropriety | ||
Antonyms | appropriateness, rightness | ||
2. | inappropriateness (attribute) the quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Synonyms | unworthiness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | ineptness, unsuitability, unsuitableness | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | inappositeness, inaptness, infelicity | ||
Antonyms | appropriateness | ||