Antonyms of noun appropriateness

2 senses of appropriateness

Sense 1
appropriateness, rightness -- (appropriate conduct; doing the right thing)
       Antonym of inappropriateness (Sense 1)
      => inappropriateness, wrongness -- (inappropriate conduct)

Sense 2
appropriateness -- (the quality of being specially suitable)
       Antonym of inappropriateness (Sense 2)
      => inappropriateness, unworthiness -- (the quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting; "he retracted nothing that he had said about the inappropriateness of either a corporeal God or a God who is a person"; "his praise released from her loud protestations of her unworthiness")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun appropriateness

2 senses of appropriateness

Sense 1
appropriateness, rightness -- (appropriate conduct; doing the right thing)
       => propriety, properness, correctitude -- (correct or appropriate behavior)

Sense 2
appropriateness -- (the quality of being specially suitable)
       => suitability, suitableness -- (the quality of having the properties that are right for a specific purpose; "an important requirement is suitability for long trips")

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