Harmful vs Inappropriate - What's the difference?
harmful | inappropriate | Related terms |
of a kind likely to be damaging; injurious
Not appropriate; not suitable for the situation, time, and/or place.
Harmful is a related term of inappropriate.
As adjectives the difference between harmful and inappropriate
is that harmful is of a kind likely to be damaging; injurious while inappropriate is not appropriate; not suitable for the situation, time, and/or place.harmful
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Alternative forms
* harmfull (archaic)Adjective
(en-adj)- Wear a hat to protect your skin from harmful sunlight.
Usage notes
* Nouns to which "harmful" is often applied: effect, consequence, impact, influence, emission, chemical, ingredient, substance, gas, agent, additive, drug, radiation, dust, organism, plant, animal, insect, action, act, behavior, component, content, activity, interference, use.Synonyms
* injurious; see alsoAntonyms
* beneficial * harmlessSee also
* harminappropriate
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Adjective
(en adjective)- It is inappropriate to burp at a formal dinner.
- "While PDA or sexual irresponsibility may be considered unsuitable, it is not inappropriate for teenagers in a relationship and nearly of legal age to talk alone."