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inappropriate

 adjective
     
in‧ap‧pro‧pri‧ate
not suitable or right for a particular purpose or in a particular situation [≠ appropriate]
wholly/totally/completely etc inappropriate
His comments were wholly inappropriate on such a solemn occasion.
it is inappropriate (for somebody) to do something
It would be inappropriate for me to comment until we know more of the facts.
inappropriate for
an inappropriate gift for a child
inappropriate to
marketing techniques that are totally inappropriate to education
—inappropriately adverb:
inappropriately dressed
—inappropriateness also inappropriacy noun [uncountable]
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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