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不適切 (futekisetsu) Japanese meaning: unsuitable | Kotomora

不ふ適てき切せつ

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Common word›JLPTN2›Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

na-adjective, noun

unsuitable; inappropriate; improper

Used for behavior, remarks, content, or conditions that are not fitting for a situation, often with a formal or critical tone.

その発はつ言げん

は

この

場ば

に

不ふ

適てき

切せつ

だ

。

That remark is inappropriate for this occasion.

不ふ適てき切せつな内ない容ようを含ふくむ投とう稿こうは削さく除じょされます。

Posts containing inappropriate content will be removed.

Usage patterns

不ふ適てき切せつな発はつ言げんをするto make an inappropriate remark
政せい治じ家かが不ふ適てき切せつな発はつ言げんをして批ひ判はんされた。
The politician made an inappropriate remark and was criticized.
不ふ適てき切せつな行こう為いimproper conduct/action
会かい社しゃは社しゃ員いんの不ふ適てき切せつな行こう為いを調ちょう査さしている。
The company is investigating the employee's improper conduct.
不ふ適てき切せつな関かん係けいan inappropriate relationship (often a euphemism for an affair)
二人ふたりは不ふ適てき切せつな関かん係けいにあると報ほうじられた。
It was reported that the two were in an inappropriate relationship.
〈事こと〉を不ふ適てき切せつに処しょ理りするto handle/process something improperly
個こ人じん情じょう報ほうを不ふ適てき切せつに処しょ理りしていたことが判はん明めいした。

Kanji

不negative, non-, bad
適suitable, occasional, rare
切cut, cutoff, be sharp

Related words· 7

不ふ適てき当とうN2
不適切 emphasizes social or moral impropriety, while 不適当 is a broader term for something unsuitable in a practical or functional sense.
不ふ当とうN1
不適切 means 'improper for the context', whereas 不当 more strongly implies unfairness or injustice rather than mere unsuitability.
不ふ穏おん当とう
不穏当 is a more literary, formal word for language or behavior that is improper or ill-advised, close in tone to 不適切 but less common in everyday speech.
場ば違ちがいN1
不適切 is a broad, formal word for 'inappropriate' in any context, while 場違い specifically points to a mismatch with the place, occasion, or atmosphere.

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不ふ相そう応おうN1
不適切 is a broader word for inappropriate behavior, wording, or handling, whereas 不相応 specifically means mismatched with one's status, age, or means.
不ふ都つ合ごうN1
不適切 is the more direct, modern word for calling behavior or wording inappropriate, while 不都合 is a more formal, sometimes euphemistic way to say the same thing.
不ふ謹きん慎しん
不適切 is a neutral, broad term for 'inappropriate' used in many contexts, while 不謹慎 adds a moral tone of disrespect toward a serious situation.

Opposites

適てき切せつN3
適切 describes something as fitting or appropriate for the situation, the direct opposite of 不適切's sense of being unsuitable or improper.

Don't confuse with

不ふ適てき格かく
不適切 means 'improper' for a given context, while 不適格 specifically means 'unqualified' or 'ineligible' due to lacking required qualifications, and the shared 不適 prefix can cause learners to mix them up.

Built from

不ふ+適てき切せつ

Etymology

Formed from 不 (negative prefix) + 適切 (appropriate, suitable). The word is a straightforward Sino-Japanese compound.

It came out that personal information had been handled improperly.