All 6 Uses

appropriate
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In Cold Blood
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Inevitable, and appropriate.†
Chpt 2
That settled, they then selected a gaudy array of jackets and slacks regarded as appropriate for what was to be, according to Dick, a Florida honeymoon.†
Chpt 2
The word, faintly present upon a sun-warped sign, seemed appropriate to the place it publicized, which was, as Harold Nye wrote in his official K.B.I. report, "run-down and shabby, the lowest type of hotel or rooming house."†
Chpt 3
Wearing an open-necked shirt (borrowed from Mr. Meier) and blue jeans rolled up at the cuffs, he looked as lonely and inappropriate as a seagull in a wheat field.†
Chpt 4

inappropriate = unsuitable (not fitting) for a particular situation

standard prefix: The prefix "in-" in inappropriate means not and reverses the meaning of appropriate. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
The inappropriate force of his anger and lack of ability to control or channel it reflect a primary weakness of personality structure.... In addition to these traits, the subject shows mild early signs of a disorder of his thought processes.†
Chpt 4 *
Even inappropriate.†
Chpt 4

Definitions:

(1) (appropriate as in: it is appropriate)
suitable (fitting) for a particular situation
(2) (appropriate as in: appropriate from their culture)
to take without asking -- often without right
(3) (appropriate as in: Congress will appropriate funds)
to set aside for a particular use
(4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)