inappropriately

adverb

as in incorrectly
in a mistaken or inappropriate way she inappropriately referred to my chaperone as my father, and not as my stepfather

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Recent Examples of inappropriately Before class started, and the teacher had not yet arrived, students may have been clowning around in the room, making jokes, playing pranks, or talking loudly and inappropriately. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Sep. 2026 Acosta-Gonzalez may have acted inappropriately with other athletes, police said. — Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026 The app also sends follow-up surveys to make sure someone had a good experience and allows organizers to flag attendees who behave inappropriately. — Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026 During the fishing trip, Caruso took the child fishing alone at a pond and touched him inappropriately, according to the report. — Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026 More than once, Schmidt asked the jury to keep an open mind, asking members to wait until Meta had put on its case to decide about whether the company acted inappropriately. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 18 Aug. 2026 The woman also recalled Saed pinning her against the wall at his apartment and touching her inappropriately. — Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 18 Aug. 2026 The tax court said Congress — not the state legislature — is tasked with regulating interstate commerce, and that the tax law was inappropriately based on global revenue rather than revenue from in-state advertising. — ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026 That coach was later seen acting inappropriately with an AAU athlete, Adams said, and the AAU banned him at that time. — Molly Hensley-Clancy, ProPublica, 13 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inappropriately
  1. incorrectly
  2. mistakenly
  3. erroneously
  4. inaccurately
Adverb
  • The result can be a company that AI fails to recognize, recognizes incorrectly or resolves in favor of a competitor.
    — Joseph Byrum, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The mayor’s office took that step after learning that citations were being incorrectly handed to vendors in MacArthur Park, a situation reported by LA Public Press.
    — Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of incorrectly
Adverb
  • The fatal shooting by police responding to a report of a possible break-in distinguishes Pysher’s death from several other instances in which residents have shot people who mistakenly showed up at their homes.
    — Holly Ramer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
  • When the group decided to move the party to a house nearby, Pysher walked there alone and mistakenly knocked on the wrong door.
    — Tom Hanson, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of mistakenly
Adverb
  • The certification for this device was granted erroneously and has been set aside by the FCC and removed from our public database.
    — Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The Internal Revenue Service decided many nonprofit NIL collectives were erroneously given charitable status.
    — James Pollard, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of erroneously
Adverb
  • The lobster fishing industry, based mostly in Maine, has pushed back, saying the claim inaccurately portrays it as a threat to whales and constitutes defamation that has caused economic harm.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • This discrepancy means standard evaluations may inaccurately portray an AI's safety and efficacy.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
Definition of inaccurately

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“Inappropriately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inappropriately. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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