Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

disappropriate

/dɪsəˈpɹəʊpɹɪeɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dis-ap-pro-pri-ate
IPA: /dɪsəˈpɹəʊpɹɪeɪt/

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To remove something that has been allocated to someone; often to reassign it elsewhere.

adj

Severed from the appropriation or possession of a spiritual corporation.

Example Sentences

"The appropriation may be severed, and the church become disappropriate, two ways."

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English appropriate English disappropriate From dis- + appropriate.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /dɪsəˈpɹəʊpɹɪeɪt/

Inflected Forms

disappropriates (present, singular) disappropriating (participle, present) disappropriated (participle, past) disappropriated (past)

Questions

How do you pronounce disappropriate?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪsəˈpɹəʊpɹɪeɪt/.
What does disappropriate mean?: To remove something that has been allocated to someone; often to reassign it elsewhere.
Where does disappropriate come from?: Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English appropriate English disappropriate From dis- + appropriate.

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