Properness and Unsuitability

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Properness noun - The quality or state of being especially suitable or fitting.

Usage example: questioned the properness of having any curfew at all for people of college age

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Unsuitability is an antonym for properness in decency topic.

Unsuitability noun - The quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose.

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Properness is an antonym for unsuitability.

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Unsuitability and Properness. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/properness/unsuitability

Properness & Unsuitability. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/properness/unsuitability>.

Unsuitability or Properness. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/properness/unsuitability.

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