unpropernessn.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈprɒpənəs/, U.S.

/ˌənˈprɑpərnəs/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and properness n.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: unproper adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < unproper adj. + -ness suffix, originally after classical Latin improprietās impropriety n.¹ Compare earlier properness n.

Now rare.

Lack of correctness or appropriateness; impropriety.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unfittingness > [noun]

unconablenessa1340

unconabletya1340

unlikelinessa1413

ungrace1430

disconveniencec1450

wangrace1513

uncomeliness1542

improperty1555

unproperness1561

unmeetness1574

unhandsomeness1598

unbeseemingness1623

unbecomingness1652

impropriety1697

indecence1714

paw-pawness1828

unadaptedness1846

unbefittingness1865

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [noun]

inconvenience1413

uncompetence?1541

unaptness1548

improperty1555

unaptness1557

unproperness1561

impertinency1573

unmeetness1574

disagreement1580

unfitnessa1586

unsuitablenessa1586

incongruity1597

inconvenientness1600

improperness1612

indispositiona1613

insuitability1612

ineptitude1615

impertinence1616

inconcinnity1616

infelicity1617

unbeseemingness1623

ineptness1633

impertinentness1645

incompatibility1659

incompetibilitya1660

disaccommodationa1676

indecorousness1681

indisposednessa1684

inaptitudea1688

impropriety1697

wrongness1726

ineligibility1795

inaptness1814

unsuitability1814

unappropriateness1838

unadaptedness1846

inappropriateness1847

unfittingness1861

unbefittingness1865

ineligibleness1881

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. xix. f. 148^v So that a godly sense be kept, although there be some vnproprenesse [L. improprietas] in the speaking.

1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) i. 23 b You shall offende Boccace, rather with the vnpropernesse, then with the vnusualnesse of words.

1652 E. Sparke Scintillula Altaris 217 Their insufficiency..and unproperness for such imployment.

1692 T. Tryon Good House-wife (ed. 2) i. 8 The unproperness and contrariety of these Prescriptions to the end intended.

1830 S. T. Coleridge Notebks. (2002) V. 6449 The necessary imperfectness & unproperness of the words, by which I have sought not to express or convey, but to suggest & remind the Reader of, truths which he can find only in himself.

1986 Stars & Stripes 24 July 11/2 Why not rid our military of other flagrant examples of ‘unproperness and unsmartness’—unsightly chest, leg, back and nostril hair.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unproperness
释义	unpropernessn. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈprɒpənəs/, U.S. /ˌənˈprɑpərnəs/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and properness n. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: unproper adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < unproper adj. + -ness suffix, originally after classical Latin improprietās impropriety n.¹ Compare earlier properness n. Now rare. Lack of correctness or appropriateness; impropriety. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unfittingness > [noun] unconablenessa1340 unconabletya1340 unlikelinessa1413 ungrace1430 disconveniencec1450 wangrace1513 uncomeliness1542 improperty1555 unproperness1561 unmeetness1574 unhandsomeness1598 unbeseemingness1623 unbecomingness1652 impropriety1697 indecence1714 paw-pawness1828 unadaptedness1846 unbefittingness1865 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [noun] inconvenience1413 uncompetence?1541 unaptness1548 improperty1555 unaptness1557 unproperness1561 impertinency1573 unmeetness1574 disagreement1580 unfitnessa1586 unsuitablenessa1586 incongruity1597 inconvenientness1600 improperness1612 indispositiona1613 insuitability1612 ineptitude1615 impertinence1616 inconcinnity1616 infelicity1617 unbeseemingness1623 ineptness1633 impertinentness1645 incompatibility1659 incompetibilitya1660 disaccommodationa1676 indecorousness1681 indisposednessa1684 inaptitudea1688 impropriety1697 wrongness1726 ineligibility1795 inaptness1814 unsuitability1814 unappropriateness1838 unadaptedness1846 inappropriateness1847 unfittingness1861 unbefittingness1865 ineligibleness1881 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. xix. f. 148^v So that a godly sense be kept, although there be some vnproprenesse [L. improprietas] in the speaking. 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) i. 23 b You shall offende Boccace, rather with the vnpropernesse, then with the vnusualnesse of words. 1652 E. Sparke Scintillula Altaris 217 Their insufficiency..and unproperness for such imployment. 1692 T. Tryon Good House-wife (ed. 2) i. 8 The unproperness and contrariety of these Prescriptions to the end intended. 1830 S. T. Coleridge Notebks. (2002) V. 6449 The necessary imperfectness & unproperness of the words, by which I have sought not to express or convey, but to suggest & remind the Reader of, truths which he can find only in himself. 1986 Stars & Stripes 24 July 11/2 Why not rid our military of other flagrant examples of ‘unproperness and unsmartness’—unsightly chest, leg, back and nostril hair. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1561
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