inapropiado

/inapɾoˈpjado/ · B2 · adj

inappropriate, unsuitable

🚫 in- (not) + apropiado (apt, proper) = not proper, inappropriate

Apropiado comes from Latin appropriare, 'to make one's own' (ad- + proprius, 'own'). Something apropiado fits what belongs to the situation. Add the negative prefix in- and it means not fitting: inapropiado.

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