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  1. one's own inalienable
  2. belonging to oneself as property
  3. personal, private, exclusive, not shared with others
  4. particular to one case, special
    antonym commūnis
  5. proper to, characteristic of a given set of persons or things
  6. proper, literal, strict
    1. concrete, specific
    2. proper nouns

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Inappropriate

  1. Not appropriate; not suitable for the situation.
    It is inappropriate to burp at a formal dinner.

Appropriate

Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.

  1. The headmaster wondered what an appropriate measure would be to make the pupil behave better.
  2. In its strict and appropriate meaning. --Porteus.
    Appropriate acts of divine worship. --Stillingfleet.
    It is not at all times easy to find words appropriate to express our ideas. --Locke.
  3. Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially discreet; well-mannered; proper.
    I don't think it was appropriate for the cashier to tell me outloud in front of all those people at the check-out that my hair-piece looked like it was falling out of place.

Etymology

From Middle English appropriaten, borrowed from Latin appropriatus, past participle of approprio (“to make one's own”), from ad (“to”) + proprio (“to make one's own”), from proprius (“one's own, private”).

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