inappropriateness

English

Etymology

inappropriate +‎ -ness

Noun

inappropriateness (countable and uncountable, plural inappropriatenesses)

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being inappropriate; unsuitability.
    • 1951 May, “Notes and News: South Molton Road Station Renamed”, in Railway Magazine, page 351:
      The station is seven miles from South Molton, and reference to the inappropriateness of its former name was made in the article on the naming of railway stations, by Mr. M. D. Greville, which appeared in the March issue.
    • 2015, Paul Beatty, The Sellout, Oneworld Publications (2016), page 72:
      I suppose thatʼs what I first loved about Marpessa, her unabashed inappropriateness.
  2. (countable) The result of being inappropriate.

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