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inappropriately



ADVERB
improperly
Synonyms
ADVERB
inconveniently
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Agents built with OpenAI's models have inappropriately accessed websites maintained by US federal agencies, an Australian government health statistics portal and Hugging Face, a repository of AI models.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

According to the internal affairs report, Flores claimed that at least one colleague, Shirley Burgos, had inappropriately disqualified candidates based on their appearance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

And those consequences tend to be mild: Several incidents in the Washington Post piece resulted in probation for offenders who used Flock inappropriately.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026

"Such circumstances should be taken into account to ensure that members are not inappropriately penalised for failing to meet the attendance threshold," it said.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

As for Lola, she spoke her lines correctly but casually, and sometimes smiled inappropriately at some private thought, determined to demonstrate that her nearly adult mind was elsewhere.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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