as in incorrectly
in a mistaken or inappropriate way
she inappropriately referred to my chaperone as my father, and not as my stepfather
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Recent Examples of inappropriately
Vought’s moves also raise the risk of corruption and outside groups inappropriately influencing funding decisions.
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Lisa Jarvis,
Mercury News,
27 June 2026
By contrast, the three male actors who appear in major supporting roles—along with Colin, there’s Lindon as the doctor and Louis Garrel as Maxine’s cinematographer and, ultimately, lover—are all veterans whose iconic presences make their small roles feel unusually, even inappropriately, prominent.
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Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
27 June 2026
Police began investigating Brian Richie after a minor whose home was in Longmont told staff of the child advocacy group Blue Sky Bridge that they had been touched inappropriately by him on multiple occasions.
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Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
Timothy Busfield, her husband of 13 years, has been accused of inappropriately touching two 11-year-old boys.
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Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 June 2026
But lawyers and digital privacy experts argue that the deal raises questions about who will have access to the massive cache of health data and whether it could be inappropriately accessed and exploited.
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Sharon Lerner,
ProPublica,
17 June 2026
According to the police report, the 5-year-old victim was at her babysitter's home when she was inappropriately touched by Hernandez, who was also inside the house.
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Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
17 June 2026
But Culkin testified on the witness stand that the King of Pop never inappropriately touched him.
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Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
Roy said Feldstein Soto inappropriately took action to block an affordable housing project in Venice.
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Melissa Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
Lisa Jarvis,
Mercury News,
27 June 2026
By contrast, the three male actors who appear in major supporting roles—along with Colin, there’s Lindon as the doctor and Louis Garrel as Maxine’s cinematographer and, ultimately, lover—are all veterans whose iconic presences make their small roles feel unusually, even inappropriately, prominent.
—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
27 June 2026
Police began investigating Brian Richie after a minor whose home was in Longmont told staff of the child advocacy group Blue Sky Bridge that they had been touched inappropriately by him on multiple occasions.
—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
Timothy Busfield, her husband of 13 years, has been accused of inappropriately touching two 11-year-old boys.
—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 June 2026
But lawyers and digital privacy experts argue that the deal raises questions about who will have access to the massive cache of health data and whether it could be inappropriately accessed and exploited.
—
Sharon Lerner,
ProPublica,
17 June 2026
According to the police report, the 5-year-old victim was at her babysitter's home when she was inappropriately touched by Hernandez, who was also inside the house.
—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
17 June 2026
But Culkin testified on the witness stand that the King of Pop never inappropriately touched him.
—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
Roy said Feldstein Soto inappropriately took action to block an affordable housing project in Venice.
—
Melissa Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inappropriately
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An earlier version of this story incorrectly described ongoing changes at Nashville international Airport.
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Kennedy said at a House hearing that month that the Biden administration had incorrectly flagged the peptides as posing safety risks.
Adverb
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But the hospital has not revealed the results of its investigation and declined to answer questions from NBC News concerning whether the doctor who mistakenly pronounced the boy dead remains on staff.
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Founders often mismanage their crucial first sales hire, mistakenly seeking candidates suited for large corporations.
Adverb
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That’s the word that NPR Editor in Chief Thomas Evans used to describe why, today, the outlet erroneously published a report by the veteran Supreme Court reporter Nina Totenberg that Justice Samuel Alito had retired.
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Verstappen's crash at the final pair of corners brought out yellow flags, which Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli erroneously thought were double-waved yellow flags and aborted his lap.
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However, his premise inaccurately assesses blame.
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An earlier version of this story inaccurately reported Brenda Bergeron as the deputy commissioner of the Department of Emergency Services and Homeland Protection’s Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
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“Inappropriately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inappropriately. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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