Illustration: In a Japanese home kitchen, an adult attempts to stir a small espresso cup using an enormous soup ladle. The ladle’s bowl is wider than the cup’s opening and rests uselessly across its rim. The adult pauses with an embarrassed half-smile while a child silently offers a properly sized teaspoon.

JLPT N2na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

不ふ適てき当とう

futekitou

inappropriate, unsuitable

Example sentences

それはとても不適当ふてきとうだ。
That’s so inappropriate.
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その水みずは飲のむのに不適当ふてきとうだ。
The water is not fit to drink.
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彼かれらは彼かれをその仕事しごとに不適当ふてきとうと考かんがえている。
They consider him unfit for the job.
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Kanji in 不適当

不negative; non-Onフ・ブ
適suitable; occasionalOnテキKunかなう
当hit; appropriateOnトウKunあたる・あたり・あてる

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