Reverse Dictionary: INAPPROPRIATE

ADJECTIVES
► ALL WASTED wrong, inappropriate; not adequate → c1955 US sl.
► BUTT-ENDED poorly adapted, unsuitable, or inappropriate for a particular purpose; back-to-front → 1850 obs.
► FUNNY inappropriate, improper → 1903 colloq.
► LIKE A LILY ON A DIRT TIN utterly inappropriate or unsuitable → 1930s Aust. sl.
► LIKE A LILY ON A DUSTBIN utterly inappropriate or unsuitable → 1930s Aust. sl.
► MALAPPROPRIATE inappropriate → 1910 (Bk.)
► OFF BASE not appropriate; uncalled for → 20C US sl.
► OUT OF THE WAY unsuitable, inappropriate, gauche → 1976 Amer. dial.
► UNBESEEMING not befitting a person, etc.; unbecoming or inappropriate to → 1583
► UNCOVENABLE inappropriate, unsuitable, unfitting → c1374 obs.
► UNGANED inappropriate → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► WELCOME AS FROST IN HARVEST, AS very inopportune, inconvenient, or inappropriate → 1897 Sc.

ADVERBS
► IMPERTINENTLY inappropriately, incongruously, in a way contrary to reason, good sense, or propriety; improperly, unbecomingly → 1640 obs.

NOUNS
► BREAK an error, blunder or mistake, often in a social situation; an inappropriate act or word, a faux pas → 1884 Amer. dial.
► FAMOUS LAST WORDS something said that proves singularly wrong or inappropriate → 1940s Amer. sl.
► FOOT-IN-MOUTH DISEASE the habit of making inappropriate, insensitive, or imprudent statements → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)

NOUNS – PERSON
► HARDHEAD a man or boy who behaves inappropriately → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► ROOKY a person who behaves inappropriately; one who is not in the group → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)

VERBS
► BACK THE WRONG HORSE to be wrong, to be mistaken; to make an inappropriate choice → 1942 Amer. sl.  (Bk.)