How to use inappropriate in a sentence

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• If a student has an inappropriate question, whatever you do, do not berate them.From the entry them
• Users of the Internet forum can flag others' posts as inappropriate.From the entry flag
• His habit of slighting the company chairman was considered to be inappropriate behaviour.From the entry slighting
• I can't wear wool underwear: it tends to arouse me at inappropriate times.From the entry arouse
• The subsequent investigation found the earlier inadequate maintenance to be inappropriate but noncausative.From the entry noncausative
• The systems administrator will unsuspend your user account if you agree to stop publishing inappropriate material.From the entry unsuspend
• It might be seen as inappropriate, but I'll sneak it past human resources.From the entry sneak past
• Your offhandedness is completely inappropriate in such an important situation.From the entry offhandedness
• First, inappropriate locations of disclosure of information that affect public access to the information.2021, He Tian, Yanbin Lv, editors, Assessing Government Transparency in China (2018), →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 79–80. From the entry Luolong
• In ancient times, Turfan was called Huochou, or Fire City, which was not inappropriate.2016, Bill Porter, The Silk Road: Taking the Bus to Pakistan, Counterpoint, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 119. From the entry hell
• I wasn't an expert on Earth names, but I still knew this was wildly inappropriate.2013, Matt Haig, The Humans, Canongate, →ISBN, page 832. From the entry Ashley
• The latter group misinterprets ambiguous social stimuli, misblames others, and often responds with inappropriate anger-aggravated hostility.2013, Philip David Zelazo, The Oxford Handbook of Developmental Psychology, Vol. 2. From the entry misblame
• You can use page histories to easily revert (that is, reverse) another editor's inappropriate edit.2008, John Broughton, Wikipedia: The Missing Manual, page 82. From the entry revert
• A strict falsificationist position is thus inappropriate in research on meaningful data.2008, Andrew Chesterman, edited by Gyde Hansen, Andrew Chesterman, Heidrun Gerzymisch-Arbogast, and Benjamins Translation Library, Efforts…. From the entry falsificationist
• Amero and her supporters said the computer lacked a firewall or antispyware protections to prevent inappropriate pop-ups.2007 June 7, The Associated Press, “Connecticut Teacher Convicted in Pornography Case Gets New Trial”, in New York Times. From the entry antispyware
• If they contain inappropriate ingredients or if too much is applied these may spew onto the surface.2006, Marion Kite, Roy Thomson, Conservation of Leather and Related Materials, →ISBN, page 115. From the entry spew
• Another rumor I heard: Seven kisses Janeway, Janeway tells Seven it's inappropriate.2000 February 11, kaboom [username], “Re: [OT] Re: Sisters are doing it for themselves indeed! (SPOILERS for "Lyre, Lyre")”, in…. From the entry altfic
• Whenever a menu or menu item is inappropriate or unavailable for selection, it should be ghosted.1991, Amiga User Interface Style Guide, page 76. From the entry ghost
• Tempos are too rushed for effect, and the interpretation is downright delicate - totally inappropriate.1988, Peter Hugh Reed, American record guide: Volume 51. From the entry hooty
• Occasionally, however, lawyers and judges use a term which is singularly inappropriate.1980. The Chinese Wall Defense to Law Firm Disqualification 128 U.Pa.L.Rev. 677. From the entry Chinese Wall
• Indeed, this reading is particularly inappropriate among these oralities and physicalities, bordering on cannibalism.1970, Judah Stampfer, John Donne and the metaphysical gesture, page 80. From the entry orality
• But here, also, the coupling of vanillar with ethereal odours seems a little inappropriate.1923, Dan McKenzie, “Sense of Olfaction in Lower Animals”, in Aromatics and the Soul: A Study of Smells, William Heinemann (Medical…. From the entry vanillar
• “I can tell you one story—of a kind of middish-level executive at NBC who made an advance that was inappropriate.2017 April 13, Lloyd Grove, “Jane Pauley: I Was Sexually Harassed at NBC”, in The Daily Beast. From the entry middish
• Informing an employee that he or she has been made redundant by a singagram would be totally inappropriate.2015, Andy Mottershead, Alex Grant, Judith Kelt, OCR Business for A Level. From the entry singagram
• Grawlixes are highly inappropriate for any professional writing.2014, Bill Schmalz, edited by Sabita Naheswaran, The Architect’s Guide to Writing: For Design and Construction Professionals, Mulgrave…. From the entry grawlix
• So too churches can misnarrate their story by inappropriate comparisons or a fixation on the wrong criteria for success.2014, Emma Percy, What Clergy Do: Especially when it looks like nothing. From the entry misnarrate
• In a fit of pique, woman at the National Theatre responded with a stunningly inappropriate mistweet, calling Norris a four-letter word.2012, Beth Kanter, Katie Delahaye Paine, Measuring the Networked Nonprofit, page 177. From the entry mistweet
• In recent years there have been two fatalities and one near miss due to the inappropriate use of boom trucks.2009 April 27, Mine Safety, Health Administration, Failure to Operate Boom Trucks Safely Using Proper Procedures. From the entry near miss
• It is likewise inappropriate to sink into prolonged intramusical contemplation when one is squeezed into a 7-11-type convenience store.2004, Simon Frith, Popular Music: Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies, page 380. From the entry 7-11
• However, it seems inappropriate for feminists in one linguistic community to comment on the strategies used in other linguistic communities.1999, Margaret Gibbon, Feminist Perspectives on Language (Feminist Perspectives Series), London; New York, N.Y.: Longman, →ISBN, page 80. From the entry epicene
• Tell him that his message was inappropriate.1997, Alex J. Packer, Pamela Espeland, How Rude!. From the entry flamer
• In our auditing experience, cases routinely are overstaffed, misstaffed, and left with staffing patterns that have come to be inappropriate.1990, Litigation Management Supercourse, page 245. From the entry misstaff
• "Namenesia" can set in at the most inappropriate times!1985, Russell H. Dilday, Personal Computer: A New Tool for Ministers, →ISBN, page 80. From the entry namenesia
• Bernadette Woolley was aware that her name was professionally inappropriate.1983, A. N. Wilson, Scandal: or Priscilla's Kindness, Penguin, published 1985, →ISBN, page 1. From the entry Bernadette
• Uncritical reading and inappropriate intellectual endeavor were frequently satirized in the form of a naive or Quixotic lady.1980, The Durham University Journal, page 234. From the entry quixotic
• Does Minerva, the name of the ancient Roman goddess of wisdom, seem inappropriate for a pseudonation created by some California promoters?1973, Forbes, volume 112, page 87. From the entry pseudonation

Meaning of inappropriate

1. adjective Not appropriate; not suitable for the situation, time, or place.
2. adjective Improper; adult; sexual.
3. adjective (of an action or thing) vile or unpleasant; repulsive.

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Questions about inappropriate in a sentence

How do you use inappropriate in a sentence?

Inappropriate is used as an adjective. For example: “It is inappropriate to burp at a formal dinner.”

What is a short sentence with inappropriate?

“kids saying inappropriate things”

What does inappropriate mean?

Inappropriate means not appropriate; not suitable for the situation, time, or place.