inappropriate

How many syllables in inappropriate?

  5 syllables

Divide inappropriate into syllables:   in-ap-pro-pri-ate
Primary syllable stress:   in-ap-pro-pri-ate
Secondary syllable stress:   in-ap-pro-pri-ate
How to pronounce inappropriate:   in-uh-proh-pree-it
How to say inappropriate:

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