INAPPROPRIATENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inappropriateness mean? 

• INAPPROPRIATENESS (noun)
  The noun INAPPROPRIATENESS has 2 senses:

1. inappropriate conduct

2. the quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting

  Familiarity information: INAPPROPRIATENESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INAPPROPRIATENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inappropriate conduct

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

inappropriateness; wrongness

Hypernyms ("inappropriateness" is a kind of...):

improperness; impropriety (an improper demeanor)

Antonym:

appropriateness (appropriate conduct; doing the right thing)

Derivation:

inappropriate (not suitable for a particular occasion etc)

inappropriate (not in keeping with what is correct or proper)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

inappropriateness; unworthiness

Context example:

his praise released from her loud protestations of her unworthiness

Hypernyms ("inappropriateness" is a kind of...):

ineptness; unsuitability; unsuitableness (the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inappropriateness"):

inappositeness; inaptness (inappropriateness)

infelicity (inappropriate and unpleasing manner or style (especially manner or style of expression))

Antonym:

appropriateness (the quality of being specially suitable)

Derivation:

inappropriate (not suitable for a particular occasion etc)