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What is the adjective for appropriate?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb appropriate which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

appropriate
  1. (obsolete) Set apart for a particular use or person; reserved.
  2. Hence, belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.
  3. Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially discreet; well-mannered; proper.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. suitable, proper, fitting, apt, relevant, connected, pertinent, apposite, applicable, germane, material, significant, right, congruous, convenient, expedient, favorable, favourable, auspicious, propitious, opportune, felicitous, well judged, seemly, befitting, becoming, deserved, ad rem, apropos, correct, fit, fitted, good, in keeping, suited, well-suited, appurtenant, happy, meet, seasonable, to the point, to the purpose, acceptable, useful, adequate, related, decent, timely, ideal, comme il faut … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “The movie contains content that may not be appropriate for children.”
      “The applause would come in an appropriate manner when awkward silence had threatened to derail the act.”
appropriable
  1. (law) Able to be appropriated.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. available, public, unrestricted, common, free-for-all, free for use, furnished, omnipresent, open, prevalent, provided, rentable, supplied, ubiquitous, universal, widespread, free, gratis, between engagements … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The housing units are inserted perpendicularly by fractioning the linearity and delimiting appropriable exterior spaces.”
      “Consumers become the first beneficiaries of the changes in digital content which become appropriable, duplicable and transferable.”
      “A great many things, as we have shown in another place, are not appropriable.”
appropriated
  1. simple past tense and past participle of appropriate
  2. Synonyms:
      3. took, stole, pilfered, purloined, filched, misappropriated, removed, nicked, pinched, flogged, poached, snaffled, swiped, abstracted, bagged, hijacked, made off with, nabbed, arrogated, commandeered, dispossessed someone of, expropriated, lift, lifted, nipped, peculated, robbed, sequestered, snitched, spirited away, took possession of, walked off with, blagged, cabbaged, carted off, gained possession of, helped oneself to, ran off with, ripped off, took over, trousered, pocketed, liberated, knocked off, whipped, heisted, plagiarized, thieved, copied, stolen … more
appropriating
  1. present participle of appropriate
  2. Synonyms:
      3. getting, acquiring, obtaining, coming by, coming to have, coming into possession of, receiving, gaining, earning, winning, coming into, coming in for, taking possession of, taking receipt of, buying, purchasing, procuring, possessing oneself of, securing, gathering, collecting, picking up, amassing, building up, hooking, netting, landing, achieving, attaining, getting hold of, getting hands on, grabbing, bagging, getting one's hands on, getting one's mitts on, scoring, snagging, gleaning, nabbing, collaring, having, copping, latching onto, racking up, accessing, locking up, swinging, inheriting, using, employing … more
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