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Antonyms for inappropriateness

Grammar : Noun
Spell : in-uh-proh-pree-it
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn əˈproʊ pri ɪt

Definition of inappropriateness

Origin :
  • 1804, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + appropriate (adj.). Related: Inappropriately; inappropriateness.
  • noun impropriety
Example sentences :
  • No arguments can be drawn from the appropriateness or inappropriateness of the characters of Plato.
  • Extract from : « Phaedrus » by Plato
  • She had seen from the first the inappropriateness, the impossibility, of the whole proposition.
  • Extract from : « Jewel » by Clara Louise Burnham
  • (The gloss is silent on the inappropriateness of the simile).
  • Extract from : « The Yoga-Vasishtha Maharamayana of Valmiki, vol. 3 (of 4) part 2 (of 2) » by Valmiki
  • For the inappropriateness of 'reproduction' and of 'imagination' see pp. 239-41.
  • Extract from : « Kant's Theory of Knowledge » by Harold Arthur Prichard
  • While Mrs. Stott recognized its inappropriateness, she had decided to give it a final wear and save a fresh gown.
  • Extract from : « The Dude Wrangler » by Caroline Lockhart
  • The reader will note the inappropriateness of congratulating the daughters of that home on their not wanting a job.
  • Extract from : « The Women of Tomorrow » by William Hard
  • Then I had a letter from one of my Leeds readers the other day to expostulate about the inappropriateness of certain of them!
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) » by Frederic G. Kenyon
  • Fitzgerald gave his gifts to an orphanage, with a fine disregard of their inappropriateness.
  • Extract from : « The Ambulance Made Two Trips » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins
  • It should be noted, however, that inappropriateness of affect is never observed in a true benign stupor.
  • Extract from : « Benign Stupors » by August Hoch
  • The inappropriateness of the allusion was no doubt the reason why Pope omitted the couplet.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 » by Alexander Pope

Synonyms for inappropriateness

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