/ 9InE5prEUprIEt; 9InE`proprIEt/ adj ~ (to/for sb/sth) not suitable or appropriate (for sb/sth) （对某人[某事物]）不恰当的, 不适合的: an inappropriate comment, name, moment 不当的评语﹑ 名称﹑ 时刻 * clothes inappropriate to the occasion 不适合这种场合的衣物 * It seems inappropriate for us to intervene at this stage. 我们在此阶段介入似不甚妥. > inappropriately adv: inappropriately dressed for the funeral 参加葬礼时衣着不当. inappropriateness n [U].