inappropriateness (n)
unworthiness#1 (n)

n04721650

type n
lex_filenum 07
def the quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting
examples he retracted nothing that he had said about the inappropriateness of either a corporeal God or a God who is a person
his praise released from her loud protestations of her unworthiness
Outgoing links
Hypernym unsuitability, unsuitableness, ineptness
Derivationally related form inappropriateness → inappropriate
Antonym inappropriateness → appropriateness
Hyponym inaptness, inappositeness; infelicity
Incoming links
Derivationally related form inappropriate → inappropriateness
Antonym appropriateness → inappropriateness
Hyponym unsuitability, unsuitableness, ineptness
Hypernym inaptness, inappositeness; infelicity

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