Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Inappropriate. Not assigned or allotted to any person or persons; unappropriated.
- To take from the possession or custody of particular individuals; make open or common to the use or possession of all.
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 ; torestore to the possession or right ofall .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Its all fun and games when she makes jokes, but the second someone makes a joke against her, its completely unappropriate .. don't ya know?
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The file size/directory limitation make it unappropriate for Backups.
Backup Maker Offers Dead Simple Backup Creation | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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He is the president he can not come out against everything that happens that is tasteless and or unappropriate because if he did, he would never get anything done.
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I don't understand how is it funny to make very unappropriate satire on Hilary's behalf and nobody dares to make fun of Obama\?
Obama, Clinton supporters both say Clinton attacking unfairly 2008
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People are going to say and do things to you that are unappropriate.
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Sounds a bit unappropriate as an introduction to the US, huu?
petite americaine 2008
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Only 1% have been negative these I still publish however, there has been highly unappropriate comments made in regards to escorts, etc. on our fallen soldier entries.
Return and Lost Military Mom 2009
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Only 1% have been negative these I still publish however, there has been highly unappropriate comments made in regards to escorts, etc. on our fallen soldier entries.
Archive 2009-12-01 Military Mom 2009
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I is sending him a list of stuffs that I is fixing and holding his list until teh guy whut owns all teh lists verifies teh 2 unappropriate items.
Give a man a fish, he’ll eat for a day - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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I think that when it was invented, the word “poitrine” would have been unappropriate to say out loud.
tea 2007
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