Unproper vs Improper - What's the difference?
unproper | improper |
(obsolete) Improper, not according with fact or reason; wrong, irregular.
*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.
*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.
(obsolete) Not belonging to a given person; someone else's.
*1604 , William Shakespeare, Othello , IV.1:
*:There's Millions now aliue, That nightly lye in those vnproper beds, Which they dare sweare peculiar.
(rare) Improper, not according with good standards of behaviour; indecent, indecorous.
*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.
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
(obsolete) To appropriate; to limit.
* Jewel
(obsolete) To behave improperly
(Webster 1913)
In obsolete terms the difference between unproper and improper
is that unproper is not belonging to a given person; someone else's while improper is to behave improperly.As a verb improper is
to appropriate; to limit.unproper
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Adjective
(en adjective)improper
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Alternative forms
* impropre (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- 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 workmanshipVerb
(en verb)- He would in like manner improper and inclose the sunbeams to comfort the rich and not the poor.
