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inappropriateness

noun

1
as in wrongness
the quality or state of being unsuitable or unfitting I cannot even begin to describe the inappropriateness of such language for the dinner table

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2
as in unfitness
the quality or state of not being socially proper the inappropriateness of belching in a restaurant should have been apparent even to you

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Recent Examples of inappropriateness This is expressed just as her 14-year-old appears to see that her earlier prediction about Carmella’s likelihood of inappropriateness had come true. — Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 28 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inappropriateness
  1. wrongness
  2. unfitness
  3. incorrectness
  4. disrespect
  5. unseemliness
Noun
  • But for less intimate relationships, the perception of wrongness was the key predictor of negative feelings and avoidance.
    — Andras Molnar, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Hidden, almost, in the center of the exhibition are a few of Mendieta’s early paintings from the late 1960s and early 1970s, which have a jarring feeling of wrongness about them.
    — Eliza Goodpasture, ARTnews.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of wrongness
Noun
  • Not just shame but gross unfitness for serving in a role at a state university.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Musk attempted to color Altman as a uniquely unsuitable supervisor of this technology, but this invariably invited further scrutiny into his own abject unfitness for the role.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 20 May 2026
Definition of unfitness
Noun
  • Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s ongoing satirical series at first appalled many viewers with its resolute political incorrectness and penchant for four-letter words from the mouths of babes, and that was nowhere more evident than in Cartman himself.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2026
  • That, however, is nothing now compared to the far larger incorrectness of the rulers of a significant number of the most powerful nations on earth.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026
Definition of incorrectness
Noun
  • The board's vague message didn't point to specific administrators or specific instances of disrespect.
    — Aubrey Wright, IndyStar, 11 Sep. 2026
  • No disrespect to the players themselves, Burns said, but Dallas showing that level of concern this close to the start of the season is noteworthy.
    — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of disrespect
Noun
  • No, the Heat would never go there, a flat-out, from-the-start commitment to lottery odds no matter the unseemliness of it all.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2026
Definition of unseemliness

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“Inappropriateness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inappropriateness. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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