How to Use inappropriate in a Sentence

inappropriate

adjective

• Her informal manner seemed wholly inappropriate to the occasion.
• We won't tolerate such inappropriate behavior.
• That is possible if the Supreme Court agrees with one D.C. judge that the charge is an inappropriate use of the law.
  — Tom Jackman, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2023
• But for the spectacle to matter, a school board member had to declare the words were inappropriate for the crowd who came to hear them.
  — Elle Reeve, CNN, 6 Oct. 2023
• Gay groups were banned from the parade the next year on the grounds that their presence was inappropriate for a celebration of a Catholic saint.
  — Liam Stack, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2024
• If the case is moot today due to inappropriate behavior/lack of standing on the part of the plaintiff (Laufer) then the case was moot at the beginning.
  — Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 5 Dec. 2023
• But this time the crew members were fired for inappropriate behavior that caused production to break the fourth wall and step in.
  — Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 9 Aug. 2023
• Jack’s anger really is over-the-top and inappropriate, and would be during any era.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 19 Oct. 2023
• The statements use words that imply that drag is inappropriate and should be done in private.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 1 June 2023
• Some crews are feminist, some crews are just trying to get the job finished, and some crews are inappropriate.
  — Tasha Reign, Rolling Stone, 11 June 2023
• As for his sleeping in the same bed with his older sister, that’s highly inappropriate.
  — Dear Annie, cleveland, 6 Aug. 2023
• Beth Stelling, who has a new special on Netflix, delights in inappropriate laughs — none more so than in her bits about aging and childhood.
  — Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2024
• There is no age where using the word cancer would be inappropriate, according to Amodio.
  — Mia Taylor, Parents, 9 Apr. 2024
• Mujahid said in May Raisi’s comments were inappropriate and could harm ties.
  — Time, 7 Aug. 2023
• But this word 'genocide' is getting thrown around in a pretty inappropriate way by lots of different folks.
  — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 20 Nov. 2023
• The decor is a little too Versailles for my taste, but that’s not entirely inappropriate for a temple of classic French cuisine.
  — Jay McInerney, Town & Country, 18 June 2023
• The man accused of assault was fired, but the union president, also accused of inappropriate conduct, was not).
  — Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2023
• At that point, Lee had a phone call with Nima Momeni, where the friend said that Nima was asking whether his sister was doing drugs or anything inappropriate.
  — Kylie Robison, Fortune, 25 Apr. 2023
• Yaroslavsky argues that the hotel is inappropriate for the area, particularly amid the growing threat of hillside fires.
  — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2023
• None appeared to be criminal in nature, but some could be deemed inappropriate.
  — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2024
• Most of the cases did not involve physical abuse but instead dealt with inappropriate boundaries among adult staff members and students, per the report.
  — Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner, 10 Jan. 2024
• Hopkins’s father, too, was said to have made inappropriate advances to women.
  — Laura Kipnis, The New Republic, 5 May 2023
• Celebrating anything might seem odd or even inappropriate in the face of so much devastation – and in the middle of what many are calling genocide.
  — Stephanie Acker, The Conversation, 22 Nov. 2023
• While some Twitter and TikTok users delighted in the drama, others felt Benin's post was petty and inappropriate.
  — Daysia Tolentino, NBC News, 26 Apr. 2023
• Suleyman says that Pi has been trained to keep its responses short—which is one way Inflection has tried to reduce the chance that Pi will stray from its guardrails and turn creepier or suggest inappropriate things.
  — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 May 2023
• Nothing from either [Fuller or House] could have even been remotely deemed as inappropriate.
  — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 2 Nov. 2023
• The announcement came a few days after Bell pled guilty to having inappropriate communication with a 15-year-old girl.
  — Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 21 Mar. 2024
• The company has also sought to fight back against claims of inappropriate Chinese influence.
  — Jonathan Mattise, The Courier-Journal, 6 June 2023
• The board announced that two women accused Houston of inappropriate behavior within the last decade.
  — Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 16 May 2023
• In this sense, Time Bomb just might elicit a feeling that feels inappropriate but perhaps inevitable: nostalgia.
  — Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 30 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024