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ongeschikt — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • improper adj Not suitable, appropriate, or correct for the situation.
  • inadequate adjective Not enough, or not good enough, for what is required.
  • inept adjective Lacking skill; clumsy or incompetent at doing something.
  • inopportune adj Happening at an inconvenient or badly timed moment.
  • unsuitable adj Not right or appropriate for a particular purpose or situation.

Senses

ongeschikt is used for these senses in English:

  • improper Not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners; indecent or immodest.
  • inadequate Not adequate; lacking in quality or quantity required; insufficient for a purpose.
  • inept Not able to do something; not proficient; displaying incompetence.
  • inexpedient Not expedient; not tending to promote a purpose; not tending to the end desired; unsuitable to time and place
  • inopportune Unsuitable for some particular purpose.
  • unsuitable Not suitable.

improper — full definition

  1. adj Not suitable, appropriate, or correct for the situation.
  2. adj Not in keeping with accepted standards of behaviour; indecent.

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