All 7 Uses of
appropriate
in
True Believer, by Sparks
- It was inappropriate.†
Chpt 3 *inappropriate = unsuitable (not fitting) for a particular situationstandard 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.
- On the other hand, if the town was trying to cash in like Roswell, New Mexico, with UFOs, the story might be appropriate for one of the major southern newspapers, which might then further syndicate it.†
Chpt 2
- He set it between them and pressed the appropriate buttons.†
Chpt 3
- I mean, I'll thumb through these books when they come in, looking at the pictures and skimming some of the conclusions to see if they're appropriate, but that's about it.†
Chpt 4
- He thumbed through the books one by one, lingering over the photographs and reading sections he thought appropriate.†
Chpt 4
- But "lovely" seemed more appropriate.†
Chpt 9
- "New York, New York," and, perhaps most appropriate, the theme from Ghostbusters.†
Chpt 9
Definitions:
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(1)
(appropriate as in: it is appropriate) suitable (fitting) for a particular situation
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(2)
(appropriate as in: appropriate from their culture) to take without asking -- often without right
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(3)
(appropriate as in: Congress will appropriate funds) to set aside for a particular use