All 3 Uses of
appropriate
in
Gifted Hands
- They soon shaped up because, when they didn't do things appropriately, they learned I could make them look had by capping on them.†
p. 63.2appropriately = in a suitable (fitting) manner for a particular situation
- First, the surgeons selected many inappropriate patients for the operation who, consequently, did not do well afterward.†
p. 137.7 *inappropriate = unsuitable (not fitting) for a particular situationstandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in inappropriate means not and reverses the meaning of appropriate. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- In my opinion, it's inappropriate to attempt a craniectomy.†
p. 171.7
Definitions:
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(1)
(appropriate as in: it is appropriate) suitable (fitting) for a particular situation
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(2)
(appropriate as in: appropriate from their culture) to take without asking -- often without right
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(3)
(appropriate as in: Congress will appropriate funds) to set aside for a particular use