The phrase "a more appropriate response" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing or suggesting a response that is better suited to a particular situation or context.
Example: "In light of the recent events, I believe a more appropriate response would be to issue a public apology."
Alternatives: "a better response" or "a more suitable reply."
This has forced us to search for a more appropriate response".
A more appropriate response to Mr. Bennett's gambling problems might be pity.
(A number of commentators have suggested that, if Perry overreached, impeachment would be a more appropriate response than criminal charges).
While I agree that cyberbullying is a problem that must be addressed, a more appropriate response to overtly abusive online behavior is to have vigilant site managers.
A more appropriate response would have been for NPR to reprimand him and give him some sensitivity training on diversity issues.
Citing the Charlie Hedbo terrorist attack, the council said that promoting free speech through the publication of two opinion pieces on Indigenous issues in the News Corp daily broadsheet was a more appropriate response.
The German finance minister, Hans Eichel, promptly rejected the commission's advice, saying he had hoped for a "different, more appropriate response from Brussels".
For these young people, the Firesetters Intervention Scheme is a far more appropriate response.
(If the number of Pareto efficient outcomes is small say, less than five this is a far more appropriate response than if it is large. In general the number of these outcomes will scale with the number of agents [32]. Some criteria that may be used (but are not immune to the charge of being ad hoc) have some reasonable intuitive support.
Thus, agility, fast running, and a habitat that is relatively protected from aerial predators, make fleeing the more appropriate response for a spiny mouse during owl attack.
Indeed, perhaps the more appropriate response is a long, deep "boo," for the apology Brown is talking about giving is a historical apology a variety fast becoming fashionable among touchy-feely politicians.
