INAPPROPRIATELY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inappropriately mean? 

• INAPPROPRIATELY (adverb)
  The adverb INAPPROPRIATELY has 1 sense:

1. in an inappropriate manner

  Familiarity information: INAPPROPRIATELY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INAPPROPRIATELY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In an inappropriate manner

Synonyms:

inappropriately; unsuitably

Context example:

he was inappropriately dressed

Antonym:

appropriately (in accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances)

Pertainym:

inappropriate (not suitable for a particular occasion etc)

 Context examples 

Normal proteins that, when altered or inappropriately expressed, contribute to the spread or migration of cancer cells from one part of the body (i.e., the location of the primary tumor) to another.

(Metastasis Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

Normal genes, that when altered or inappropriately expressed, contribute to the spread or migration of cancer cells from one part of the body (the organ in which it first appeared) to another.

(Metastasis Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

A device problem related to how the materials react inappropriately (e.g. over-react or under-react).

(Device Reactivity Problem Evaluation Result, Food and Drug Administration)

The induction of apoptosis in non-antigen stimulated B cells may prevent B cells from proliferating inappropriately and failure of this mechanism may be involved in autoimmune disorders and B cell lymphomas.

(Bystander B Cell Activation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Normal genes, that when altered or inappropriately expressed, contribute to malignant transformation, tumor progression, or metastasis.

(Cancer Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

These are inappropriately expressed and stimulate constitutive signaling, bypassing the need for receptor activation by growth factors.

(Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Does the patient seem to have a childish sense of humor with a tendency to giggle or laugh inappropriately (such as when something unfortunate happens to others)?

(NPI - Seem to Have a Childish Sense of Humor, NCI Thesaurus)

A form of ocular misalignment where the visual axes diverge inappropriately.

(Divergent Strabismus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Anti-human GITR MoAb TRX518 blocks the interaction of GITR, found on multiple types of T cells, with its ligand, thereby inducing both the activation of tumor-antigen-specific T effector cells, as well as abrogating the suppression induced by inappropriately activated T regulatory cells.

(Anti-human GITR Monoclonal Antibody TRX518, NCI Thesaurus)