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/ˌɪnəˈproʊpriət/inappropriate use of medication
Clearly the punishment is inappropriate for the crime.
marketing techniques that are totally inappropriate to education
It is perhaps inappropriate to talk of "rights" in this context.
He denies that they had any kind of inappropriate relationship.
They admitted that it had been inappropriate for him to comment on the matter.
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