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inappropo

inappropo adjective: inappropriate.

Adjective (1)

inappropo (comparative more inappropo, superlative most inappropo)

  1. (informal) Inappropriate.
    • Just in case the song isn't edited to your tastes, hit some crazy effect to help cover up the inappropo stuff.2013 May, Arnoldo Offermann, “An Ounce of Perception: Rather Than Just Lamenting Modern Music, Here Are Steps to Make It Work”, in Mobile Beat, number 149, →ISSN, page 51
    • So it seems like this Ur-text of American horny teendom is in good hands. In fact, months away from its 2020 launch, HBO Max is already establishing itself as a go-to online home base for delightfully inapropro teen-series spinoffs.2019 October 15, Rebecca Alter, “Tell Us About It, Stud: HBO Max Orders Grease: Rydell High Musical Series”, in Vulture

Adjective (2)

inappropo (comparative more inappropo, superlative most inappropo)

  1. (nonstandard) Not apropos.
    • “But what has all this wordy, windy, inappropo introductory to do with the subject matter suggested by your heading?”1874, Charles W. Jay, “My First Hunt in My New Home”, in My New Home in Northern Michigan: And Other Tales, Trenton, NJ: W. S. and E. W. Sharp, page 103
    • I am sorry that Mr. Clarke has relied on undated memos, unofficial letters and not more on official papers, or action, so his reference to my papers become somewhat inappropro.1956, Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers, Inc., volume 68, page 613

Forms of inappropo

comparativemore inappropo
superlativemost inappropo
alternative forminappropro
alternative forminapropo
alternative forminapropro

Origin of inappropo

Clipping of inappropriate + -o. But perhaps by confusion with a supposed opposite of apropos with prefix in-; see etymology 2 below.

Questions about inappropo

What does inappropo mean?
Inappropo means inappropriate.
What part of speech is inappropo?
Inappropo is an adjective.

Words near inappropo in the dictionary

  1. inappro
  2. inapproachability
  3. inapproachable
  4. inapproachably
  5. inappropes
  6. inappropo
  7. inappropriable
  8. inappropriacies
  9. inappropriacy
  10. inappropriate
  11. inappropriately

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