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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inappropriate
adj
  1. not suitable for a particular occasion etc; "noise seems inappropriate at a time of sadness"; "inappropriate shoes for a walk on the beach"; "put inappropriate pressure on them"
    Antonym(s): appropriate
  2. not in keeping with what is correct or proper; "completely inappropriate behavior"
    Synonym(s): inappropriate, incompatible, out or keeping(p), unfitting
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Inappropriate \In`ap*pro"pri*ate\, a.
      Not instrument (to); not appropriate; unbecoming; unsuitable;
      not specially fitted; -- followed by to or for. --
      {In`ap*pro"pri*ate*ly}, adv. -- {In`ap*pro"pri*ate*ness}, n.
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