Inappropriate vs Uncouth - What's the difference?
inappropriate | uncouth |
Not appropriate; not suitable for the situation, time, and/or place.
(archaic) Unfamiliar, strange, foreign.
* 1819 : , The Sketch Book (The Voyage)
Clumsy, awkward.
Unrefined, crude.
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Uncouth is a synonym of inappropriate.
As adjectives the difference between inappropriate and uncouth
is that inappropriate is not appropriate; not suitable for the situation, time, and/or place while uncouth is unfamiliar, strange, foreign.inappropriate
English
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 * inappropriatenessuncouth
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- There was a delicious sensation of mingled security and awe with which I looked down, from my giddy height, on the monsters of the deep at their uncouth gambols.