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Unfit vs Improper - What's the difference?

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Unfit is a related term of improper.


As adjectives the difference between unfit and improper

is that unfit is not fit; not having the correct requirements while improper is unsuitable to needs or circumstances; inappropriate; inapt.

As verbs the difference between unfit and improper

is that unfit is to make unfit; to render unsuitable, spoil, disqualify while improper is (obsolete|transitive) to appropriate; to limit.

unfit

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not fit; not having the correct requirements.
  • :Jack cannot run, making him unfit for the track team.
  • Not fit, not having a good physical demeanor.
    • I've become so unfit after stopping cycling to town.

    Verb

    (unfitt)
  • To make unfit; to render unsuitable, spoil, disqualify.
  • *1851 , Herman Melville, Moby-Dick :
  • *:He [...] added that he was fearful Christianity, or rather Christians, had unfitted him for ascending the pure and undefiled throne of thirty pagan Kings before him.
  • *1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.30:
  • *:These preoccupations unfitted the soldiers for the defence of the frontier, and permitted vigorous incursions of Germans form the north and Persians from the east.

    • Related terms

    * fit * unfitly * unfitness * unsuitable * inappropriate

    improper

    English

    Alternative forms

    * impropre (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • unsuitable to needs or circumstances; inappropriate; inapt
  • Not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners; indecent or immodest
  • Not according to facts; inaccurate or erroneous
  • Not consistent with established facts; incorrect
  • Not properly named; See, for example, improper fraction
  • (obsolete) Not specific or appropriate to individuals; general; common.
  • * J. Fletcher
    • Not to be adorned with any art but such improper ones as nature is said to bestow, as singing and poetry.

    Derived terms

    * improper divisor * improper face * improper fit * improper fraction * improper integral * improper motion * improper node * improper orthogonal transformation * improper rotation * improper use * improper workmanship

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To appropriate; to limit.
  • * Jewel
    • He would in like manner improper and inclose the sunbeams to comfort the rich and not the poor.
  • (obsolete) To behave improperly
    • (Webster 1913)