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Obscene vs Unappropriate - What's the difference?

obscene | unappropriate |

As adjectives the difference between obscene and unappropriate

is that obscene is obscene while unappropriate is inappropriate; unsuitable.

As a verb unappropriate is

to take from private possession; to restore to the possession or right of all.

obscene

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Offensive to current standards of decency or morality
  • Lewd or lustful
  • Disgusting or repulsive
  • Beyond all reason
  • Liable to deprave or corrupt
  • Usage notes

    * The comparative obscener and superlative obscenest, though formed by valid rules for English, are less common than more obscene' and ' most obscene .

    unappropriate

    English

    Verb

    (unappropriat)
  • To take from private possession; to restore to the possession or right of all.
  • to unappropriate a monopoly
    (Milton)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Inappropriate; unsuitable.
  • (obsolete) Not appropriated.
  • (Bishop Warburton)
    (Webster 1913)