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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

不适当性

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Bù shìdàng xìng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Inappropriateness/ɪn.əˈproʊ.pri.ət.nəs/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #14500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"他评论的不适当性显而易见。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The quality of being unsuitable or improper in a particular context.

    "The inappropriateness of his comments during the meeting was evident to everyone present."
  2. 2

    A situation or behavior that is deemed unacceptable or offensive.

    "Her inappropriateness at the formal event caused a stir among the guests."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the prefix in- (meaning 'not') combined with appropriate, tracing back to Latin appropriare ('to make one's own'), ultimately from proprius ('own'). The noun suffix -ness was later appended to denote a state or quality of failing to fit contextually.

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