Noun: inappropriateness ,i-nu'prow-pree-ut-nus
- Inappropriate conduct
"The inappropriateness of his joke at the funeral shocked everyone";
- wrongness
- 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";
- unworthiness
Type of: improperness, impropriety, ineptness, unsuitability, unsuitableness
Antonym: appropriateness
Encyclopedia: Inappropriateness