All 3 Uses of
appropriate
in
Looking for Alaska
- Everything at the cafeteria tasted like the minor acid of rainwater and everything stank of mildew and showers became ludicrously inappropriate because the whole goddamned world had better water pressure than the showers.†
p. 67.8 *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.
- As they sat down, I crossed through the appropriate squares on the Colonel's diagram and handed it to him.†
p. 31.9
- There are times when it is appropriate, even preferable, to get an erection when someone's face is in close proximity to your penis.†
p. 77.1
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