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Definition of inappropriate : Not instrument ( to); not appropriate; unbecoming; unsuitable; not specially fitted; - followed by to or for.

Synonyms:

incompatible, perverse, graceless, inept, opposed, unfitting, contrasted, out or keeping, impudent, offensive, impolite, unapt, incongruous, unfortunate, incorrect, wrong, contrary, contradictory, remote, smart, agree, unconnected, insolent, ill-chosen, abrasive, unhappy, usual, ability, ill-suited, hostile, discourteous, good, rude, ill-mannered, conflicting, distant, unlike, amiss

indelicate, mly, indecorous, indecent, un, untoward, unseemly

extrinsic, inapplicable, impertinent, outer, extraneous, dissociated, nonessential, estranged, eerie, separated, foreign, extraterrestrial, disconnected, outlandish, strange, unaffiliated, foreign-born, other, alien, immaterial, detached, parenthetical, outside, removed, segregated, inadmissible, separate, exotic, unessential, unallied, disjoint, external, irrelevant, unrelated, disaffiliated

inapt, improper, unfit, of place, unbefitting, out, inapposite, unbecoming, malapropos, ill-matched, unsuited

inauspicious, belated, unpunctual, inexpedient, premature, infelicitous, delinquent, inopportune, inconvenient, awkward, untimely

insufficient, deficient, unsatisfactory, intolerable, unacceptable, unsuitable, inadequate, inferior, untenable

Usage examples:

• What her beliefs were now I was wise enough to leave unquestioned, and Frances, to my great relief, kept the conversation well away from such inappropriate topics. - "The Damned", Algernon Blackwood.
• At the same time, the growth of a political life different from that of Britain, had, year by year, made the British names more inappropriate. - "British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government 1839-1854", J. L. Morison.
• Well, said the young man, desperately plunging, the coronet I should say would certainly not be inappropriate. - "The Major", Ralph Connor.