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unappropriate en · ADJ

Pronunciation

(Southern-England) audio
/ˌʌnəˈpɹəʊpɹiət/
(Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From un- + appropriate.

Meanings

(rare) Inappropriate; unsuitable.
(obsolete) Not appropriated.
- Goods, which God, at first, created unappropriate. a. 1779, William Warburton, Sermon XXXI:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
more unappropriate	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic
most unappropriate	Degree=Sup		lexicographic

Deriveds

unappropriately

unappropriate en · VERB

Pronunciation

(Southern-England) audio
(Southern-England) audio
/ˌʌnəˈpɹəʊpɹieɪt/

Etymology

From un- + appropriate.

Meanings

(transitive) To take from private possession and restore to the possession or right of all, or to a common good.
- to unappropriate the balance
- to unappropriate a monopoly
- to unappropriate money
- to unappropriate funds
- unappropriating , and unmonopolizing the rewards of learning and industry 1641 May, John Milton, Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England: And the Causes that hitherto have Hindred it. […], [London]: […] Thomas Vnderhill, →OCLC:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
unappropriates	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
unappropriating	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
unappropriated	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
unappropriated	Tense=Past		lexicographic