Both Uses
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The Poisonwood Bible
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- Our reading material was random and inappropriate, delivered to us in unlabeled cardboard boxes from Léopoldville.†
Chpt 2 *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.
- Even some Baptists smoke on appropriate occasions.†
Chpt 3
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
- (4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)