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from The Century Dictionary.

  • To take from the possession or custody of particular individuals; make open or common to the use or possession of all.
  • Inappropriate. Not assigned or allotted to any person or persons; unappropriated.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Inappropriate; unsuitable.
  • adjective Not appropriated.
  • transitive verb rare To take from private possession; to restore to the possession or right of all.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb transitive To take from private possession; to restore to the possession or right of all.

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un- +‎ appropriate

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