Antonyms of noun inappropriateness

2 senses of inappropriateness

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

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")
       Antonym of appropriateness (Sense 2)
      => appropriateness -- (the quality of being specially suitable)

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

2 senses of inappropriateness

Sense 1
inappropriateness, wrongness -- (inappropriate conduct)
       => impropriety, improperness -- (an improper demeanor)

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")
       => unsuitability, unsuitableness, ineptness -- (the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose)

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