Inappropriate vs Abnormal - What's the difference?
inappropriate | abnormal | Related terms |
Not appropriate; not suitable for the situation, time, and/or place.
Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.
* 1899 , (Arthur Conan Doyle), A Duet , ch. 6:
Of or pertaining to that which is abnormal, in particular, behaviour that deviates from norms of social propriety or accepted standards of mental health.
* 1904 , (Jack London), The Sea Wolf , ch. 23:
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Inappropriate is a related term of abnormal.
As adjectives the difference between inappropriate and abnormal
is that inappropriate is not appropriate; not suitable for the situation, time, and/or place while abnormal is not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type .As a noun abnormal is
a person or object that is not normal.inappropriate
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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."
Synonyms
* out of line * unfit * unsuitableDerived terms
* inappropriately * inappropriatenessabnormal
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Alternative forms
* anormal * (obsolete) abnormousAdjective
(en adjective)- And then after an abnormal meal, which was either a very late breakfast or a very early lunch, they drove on to Victoria Station.
- Furuseth was right; I was abnormal , an "emotionless monster," a strange bookish creature, capable of pleasuring in sensations only of the mind.