(a.) Not instrument (to); not appropriate; unbecoming; unsuitable; not specially fitted; -- followed by to or for.
Example Sentences:
(1) However, each of the studies had numerous methodological flaws which biased their results against finding a relationship: either their outcome measures had questionable validity, their research designs were inappropriate, or the statistical analyses were poorly conceived.
(2) Ten milliliters of the solution inappropriately came into contact with nasal mucous membranes, causing excessive drug absorption.
(3) An official from Cafcass, the children and family court advisory service, tried to persuade the child in several interviews, but eventually the official told the court that further persuasion was inappropriate and essentially abusive.
(4) Conservative commentators responded with fury to what they believed was inappropriate meddling at a crucial moment in the town hall debate.
(5) Our studies suggest that the applicability of the HPRT gene probe strategy may be limited by (1) the low frequency of informative cases and (2) potential inappropriate methylation of the HPRT gene in a proportion of cases.
(6) The death of retinal ganglion cells during development thus seems to serve 2 purposes: It provides for the quantitative matching of the ganglion cell population to the needs of its central projection fields, and, at the same time, it serves to selectively eliminate those cells whose axons project to inappropriate targets or to inappropriate regions within the correct target fields.
(7) CNS excitation and seizures, manifestations of organochlorine intoxication, can occur following ingestion or inappropriate application of the 1 per cent topical formulation of lindane used to treat scabies and lice.
(8) In iron-overloaded patients with primary haemochromatosis, there was inappropriately high uptake of iron by the biopsy specimens.
(9) These changes in association with a total peripheral resistance considered inappropriately normal, are the main hemodynamic characteristics of obesity-related hypertension.
(10) The inappropriate placement of a patient's central venous catheter in the pleural space by the serendipitous injection of Tc-99m labeled red blood cells through the catheter during a GI bleeding study was discovered.
(11) Anergy is a crude measure of host resistance which may be due to malnutrition, but is probably more often due to inappropriate host responses to surgery and injury.
(12) Emergency indications to operate have become exceptional since the temporary control of inappropriate secretions by pharmacologic agents is available.
(13) And yes, some people on the internet found this inappropriate.
(14) And as for this job, well, not that I have a choice but … fuck it, I quit.” A stunned colleague then told viewers: “All right we apologise for that … we’ll, we’ll be right back.” The station later apologised to viewers on Twitter: KTVA 11 News (@ktva) Viewers, we sincerely apologize for the inappropriate language used by a KTVA reporter on the air tonight.
(15) The observed differences in Na excretion suggest that this aldosterone hypersecretion may be of pathophysiological importance as a protection against inappropriate renal waste of Na during the early phase of endotoxin-induced fever.
(16) The use of STA as a method for determining SMU tension in the human masseter muscle appears to be highly task-dependent and in the presence of co-activation may be inappropriate.
(17) A conclusion was made of inappropriateness of the use of iron combined with other preparations in view of numerous cases of side-effects and danger of the development of siderosis of internal organs as a result of erroneous drug administration.
(18) Already in 2014, Proofpoint found a 650% increase in social media spam compared to 2013, and 99% of malicious URLs in inappropriate content led to malware installation or credential phishing sites,” explains the company.
(19) The force added that it did not happen “inappropriately”.
(20) Forty-six percent of 962 EID were observed to be employed inappropriately.
Unbecoming
Definition:
(a.) Not becoming; unsuitable; unfit; indecorous; improper.
Example Sentences:
(1) This in turn prompted US commentators to accuse India of oversensitivity and behaviour unbecoming of an aspirant future power.
(2) Rodgers had claimed Sterling’s behaviour was unbecoming of a professional sportsperson after footage emerged of the player appearing to pass out having allegedly taken the legal high known as laughing gas at his home near Southport.
(3) Wasn’t it unbecoming of the man dubbed the new Terrence Malick to direct scenes with genial tokers discussing pioneering methods of joint construction , or hookah-puffing sex-pest wizards ?
(4) This in turn prompted US commentators to accuse India of over-sensitivity and behaviour unbecoming of an aspirant future power.
(5) Once a thorn in the side of modern toffdom – the string of minor convictions, the stints in rehab, the unbecoming leisurewear, the infamous legal spat with Daddy – Jamie is now, at 56, a reformed, drug-free and endearingly blustery galumpher with Wurzelian hair and skin the colour of raw mince.
(6) And, 'tis true, that you don't need to look long for evidence online of behaviour unbecoming gentle men and women.
(7) The Australian’s on court demeanor has attracted praise and opprobrium in equal measure, split between those who think the game needs more characters and those who find his behaviour unbecoming.
(8) Alex Padilla, California’s secretary of state, said they were “unbecoming” for a president-elect and seemed to show that Trump was rankled by losing the popular vote.
(9) In politicians, it might be unbecoming to live a life of gross opulence, but showbiz is different.
(10) It's unbecoming of a great nation like Egypt , it's unbecoming of any civil society to behave like this," his father Juris Greste said.
(11) You wouldn’t immediately know it to look at him: although he knows more about men’s clothes than any other novelist I’ve ever met, he seems to feel that at his stage of life it would be unbecoming to draw too much attention to his appearance.
(12) Mark Butler, Labor’s environment spokesman, said Hunt’s criticism of Grimes was “unbecoming of an elected representative”.
(13) 11.12am: An email, from Andy Nicol: Pivoting off your discussion of Oscar Tabarez and tainted World Cup achievements, I wonder if we might consider the Suarez incident and its reception in Uruguay as just the latest in a rather unbecoming attitude towards their place in world football?
(14) Foreigners “flopping” was a debate in the US, whose national side, led by anti-diving campaigner Jürgen Klinsmann, don’t stoop that low: USA Today called it “unbecoming”; The Washington Post ran a guide: “So you think you can flop?”; The Wall Street Journal called it “soccer’s oldest and most despised tactic” and listed “average writhing times”.
(15) Cameron’s language also drew criticism from backbench Labour MPs, including Chuka Umunna , the former shadow business secretary, who said it was inflammatory and unbecoming of the prime minister’s office, and Mary Creagh, a former Labour leadership hopeful, who said it was “dehumanising language”.
(16) Americans don't prefer male bosses because men carry some sort of boss-gene on their Y chromosome; Americans prefer male bosses because male authority is respected while female authority is unbecoming, and because the expectations are set so high for women in power that it's nearly impossible for any mere mortal to meet them.
(17) "This kind of behaviour is unbecoming of a party that functions in an open democratic stage and especially one which leads the national government."
(18) Yet he describes Goldsmith’s tactics as “unbecoming of anyone wanting to lead a city like London that is so successfully multiethnic and multiracial”.
(19) He has also been disciplined by the Law Society for "conduct unbecoming ."
(20) Pacific leaders respond to Australian minister's sea level remarks Read more Noting that a meeting in Canberra was running a bit late, Dutton quipped it was running to “Cape York time”, to which Abbott replied: “We had a bit of that up in Port Moresby.” Dutton then said: “Time doesn’t mean anything when you’re about to have water lapping at your door.” The president of Kiribati has since called the joke “vulgar” and “quite unbecoming of leadership”.