Both Uses of
appropriate
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Severance
- Like, Obligatory Sexual Interlude with Inappropriate Twentysomething.
p. 37.2inappropriate = not suitable or not fittingstandard 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.
- It seemed appropriate that I kept the blog anonymous.
p. 41.6 *appropriate = fitting to the situation
Definitions:
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(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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(appropriate as in: Congress will appropriate funds) to set aside for a particular use