different between inappropriate vs unproper
inappropriate
English
Etymology
in- +? appropriate
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??n??p???p?i.?t/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??n??p?o?p?i.?t/
- Hyphenation: in?ap?pro?pri?ate
Adjective
inappropriate (comparative more inappropriate, superlative most inappropriate)
- Not appropriate; not suitable for the situation, time, or place.
- (informal) Improper; adult; sexual.
Synonyms
- out of line
- unfit
- unsuitable
- improper
Derived terms
- inappropriately
- inappropriateness
Translations
Italian
Adjective
inappropriate
- feminine plural of inappropriato
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unproper
English
Etymology
From un- +? proper.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?n?p??p?/
Adjective
unproper (comparative more unproper, superlative most unproper)
- (obsolete) Improper, not according with fact or reason; wrong, irregular. [14th-17th c.]
- c. 1631, John Donne, letter to Sir Henry Goodyere, Works, Letter XC, p. 409:
- Sir, as I said last time, labour to keep your alacrity and dignity, in an even temper: for in a dark sadness, indifferent things seem abominable, or necessary, being neither; as trees, and sheep, to melancholy night-walkers, have unproper shapes.
- c. 1631, John Donne, letter to Sir Henry Goodyere, Works, Letter XC, p. 409:
- (now rare) Improper, not suited for its use or application; inappropriate. [from 16th c.]
- 1623, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum, VII.694:
- The pleasure in the act of Venus is the greatest of the pleasures of the senses: the matching of it with itch is unproper; though that also be pleasing to the touch.
- 2009, "Own Goal for Football", The Times, 10 Oct 09:
- Transparency is paramount. If football’s guardians cannot deliver it they will, rightly, be deemed to be every bit as unfit and unproper to play a role in administering the sport as any secretive investor they may feel motivated to investigate.
- 1623, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum, VII.694:
- (obsolete) Not belonging to a given person; someone else's. [17th c.]
- 1604, William Shakespeare, Othello, IV.1:
- There's Millions now aliue, That nightly lye in those vnproper beds, Which they dare sweare peculiar.
- 1604, William Shakespeare, Othello, IV.1:
- (rare) Improper, not according with good standards of behaviour; indecent, indecorous. [from 19th c.]
- 1962, "Meet me in St. Louis", Time, 27 Apr 1962:
- His equally unproper brother, City Planner Charles W. II, shocked purists in the 19303 by building a flat-topped house in Ipswich.
- 1962, "Meet me in St. Louis", Time, 27 Apr 1962:
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