word-vault/dist/data/cards/in/inappropriate.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "inappropriate",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "not suitable or appropriate in a particular situation",
            "sensetop": "it is inappropriate (for somebody/something) (to do something)inappropriate to/for something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**inappropriate behaviour/language**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**It would be inappropriate for me to** comment.",
                    "contextForm": "it is inappropriate (for somebody/something) (to do something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "clothes inappropriate to the occasion",
                    "contextForm": "inappropriate to/for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "What's the best way for a teacher to deal with inappropriate behaviour?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This treatment was highly inappropriate in her case."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The existing library is totally inappropriate to our needs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The size of the machines makes them inappropriate for domestic use."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Your bright red coat would be quite inappropriate for a funeral."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "become"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["for", "to"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌɪnəˈprəʊpriət/",
                "audio": "in/inappropriate/inappropriate__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌɪnəˈprəʊpriət/",
                "audio": "in/inappropriate/inappropriate__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}