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inappropriateness

[in-uh-proh-pree-it] Origin

in·ap·pro·pri·ate

[in-uh-proh-pree-it]
adjective
not appropriate; not proper or suitable: an inappropriate dress for the occasion.

Origin:
1795–1805; in-3 + appropriate

in·ap·pro·pri·ate·ly, adverb
in·ap·pro·pri·ate·ness, noun


improper, unsuitable, inapt, unfitting.

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Inappropriateness is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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inappropriate (ˌɪnəˈprəʊprɪɪt)
 
adj
not fitting or appropriate; unsuitable or untimely
 
inap'propriately
 
adv
 
inap'propriateness
 
n

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Word Origin & History

inappropriate
1804, from in- (1) + appropriate (adj.).
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