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PRONUNCIATION OF MALAPPROPRIATE

malappropriate  [ˌmæləˈprəʊprɪət] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MALAPPROPRIATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Malappropriate is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MALAPPROPRIATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of malappropriate in the English dictionary

The definition of malappropriate in the dictionary is inappropriate.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MALAPPROPRIATE


chariot
ˈtʃærɪət
commissariat
ˌkɒmɪˈsɛərɪət
compatriot
kəmˈpætrɪət
copatriot
kəʊˈpeɪtrɪət
Cypriot
ˈsɪprɪət
heriot
ˈhɛrɪət
Iscariot
ɪˈskærɪət
lariat
ˈlærɪət
loriot
ˈlɒrɪət
lumpenproletariat
ˌlʌmpənˌprəʊlɪˈtɛərɪət
Marryat
ˈmærɪət
patriot
ˈpeɪtrɪət
proletariat
ˌprəʊlɪˈtɛərɪət
proletariate
ˌprəʊlɪˈtɛərɪət
protonotariat
ˌprəʊtəʊnəʊˈteərɪət
salariat
səˈleərɪət
secretariat
ˌsɛkrɪˈtɛərɪət
secretariate
ˌsekrɪˈteərɪət
superpatriot
ˈsuːpərˌpeɪtrɪət
unappropriate
ˌʌnəˈprəʊprɪət

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MALAPPROPRIATE

malam
Malamud
malamute
Malan
malanders
Malang
malapert
malapertly
malapertness
malapportioned
malappropriated
malaprop
malapropian
malapropism
malapropist
malapropos
malar
malar bone
malaria
malarial

WORDS THAT END LIKE MALAPPROPRIATE

affiliate
appropriate
bivariate
covariate
excoriate
expatriate
expropriate
inappropriate
inebriate
infuriate
luxuriate
misappropriate
multivariate
muriate
professoriate
repatriate
seriate
striate
univariate
variate
vicariate

Synonyms and antonyms of malappropriate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «malappropriate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MALAPPROPRIATE

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Translator English - Chinese

malappropriate
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

malappropriate
570 millions of speakers

English

malappropriate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

malappropriate
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

malappropriate
280 millions of speakers

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malappropriate
278 millions of speakers

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malappropriate
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অপব্যবহার করা
260 millions of speakers

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malappropriate
220 millions of speakers

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Malappropriate
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

malappropriate
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

malappropriate
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

malappropriate
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Luwes
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

malappropriate
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

malappropriate
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अयोग्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

malappropriate
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

malappropriate
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

malappropriate
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

malappropriate
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

malappropriate
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

malappropriate
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

malappropriate
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

malappropriate
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

malappropriate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of malappropriate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MALAPPROPRIATE»

The term «malappropriate» is used very little and occupies the 172.980 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MALAPPROPRIATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «malappropriate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «malappropriate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about malappropriate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MALAPPROPRIATE»

Discover the use of malappropriate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to malappropriate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Bred Any Good Rooks Lately?: A Collection of Puns, Shaggy ...
Popular authors, including Stephen King, Annie Dillard, John D. MacDonald and Isaac Asimov sidestep their usual writing characterisitcs to present this hilarious collection of deceptively simple short stories that end with a whiplash pun ...
James Charlton, 1986
2
The Quarterly Journal of Speech Education: The Official ...
One of my witnesses has escaped, Your Honor; Miss Malappropriate was to testify as to the character of the accused. (Enter Policeman with Mrss MALAPPROPRIATE.) POLICE. I got her, Judge. JUDGE. Where did you find her? POLICE.
‎1965
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Beeton's Book of Burlesques: Containing Five Burlesques ...
... high-minded but somewhat dangerous step of granting Phaon an interview “ unbeknownst" to anybody, with the view of telling him that he must not think any more about her, Sappho coming into the room at a most malappropriate moment,  ...
William Brough, Francis Cowley Burnand, Samuel Orchart Beeton, 1866
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Popular Photography - ND
Where Mr. Peabody leads with a malappropriate analogy, Mr. Holyoke blithely misreads me as having said that photography is not an art. It happens that I never said anything of the kind, and I would appreciate it if Mr. Holyoke would search ...
5
De Quincey's Works: Theological essays and other papers
My belief is, that if a prize had been offered for a bad and malappropriate subject, none worse could have been suggested ; unless, perhaps, it had been the letters of Madame de Sevigne, or the fables of La Fontaine ; in both of which cases ...
Thomas De Quincey, 1873
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The Cornhill Magazine
... till I was seated with my happy husband in the light of half-a-dozen candles, and we found ourselves so charmingly " at home," did I forgive that malappropriate little man. After a few days of rest in this pretty place (the selection of which for ...
George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray, 1864
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De Quincey's works
My belief is, that if a prize had been offered 'for a bad and malappropriate subject, none worse could have been suggested ; unless, perhaps, it had been the letters of Madame de Sevigne, or the fables of La Fontaine ; in both of which cases ...
Thomas De Quincey, 1863
8
Summary narrative of an exploratory expedition to the ...
These rapids bear the malappropriate title of the Big Falls. Following these, were a series called Prairie Rapids. At half-past four we passed the entrance of the River St. Francis, a considerable stream on the left bank. At this spot, Hennepin ...
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, 1855
9
De Quincey's Writings: Theological essays and other papers. 1854
My belief is, that, if a prize had been offered for a bad and malappropriate subject , none worse could have been suggested ; unless, perhaps, it had been the Letters of Madame de Sevigne, or the Fables of La Fontaine ; in both of which cases ...
Thomas De Quincey, James Thomas Fields, 1854
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The Parliamentary Register; Or, History of the Proceedings ...
Corruption should be called by its proper name, and attempts ought not to be made to render it less odious, by bestowing upon it a soft and malappropriate denomination. From the facility with which prizes had been condemned in the West ...
Great Britain. Parliament, John Stockdale, 1801

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MALAPPROPRIATE»

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Prospect Profile Avisail Garcia
I'm using it incorrectly, but let's just laugh at my malappropriate nature. Hats off to anyone who's followed this chain of incoherence. Defensively ... «Baseball Prospectus, Oct 12»

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