[syn: inappropriateness, unworthiness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
inappropriateness
n 1: inappropriate conduct [syn: inappropriateness,
wrongness] [ant: appropriateness, rightness]
2: the quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting;
"he retracted nothing that he had said about the
inappropriateness of either a corporeal God or a God who is a
person"; "his praise released from her loud protestations of
her unworthiness" [syn: inappropriateness, unworthiness]
[ant: appropriateness]