Improper

Quick meaning: Improper is an adjective meaning Unsuitable to needs or circumstances; inappropriate; inapt.

Meaning

Unsuitable to needs or circumstances; inappropriate; inapt.

More Meanings

1. Not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners; indecent or immodest.
2. Not according to facts; inaccurate or erroneous.
3. Not consistent with established facts; incorrect.
4. Not properly named; See, for example, improper fraction.
5. (mathematics) Of a complex random variable, correlated with its conjugate.
6. (obsolete) Not specific or appropriate to individuals; general; common.
7. (obsolete, transitive) To appropriate; to assign (something, to someone) as a possession or prerogative.

Example Sentences

improper conduct

For quotations using this term, see Citations:improper.

He would in like manner improper and inclose the sunbeams to comfort the rich and not the poor.

Not to be adorned with any art but such improper ones as nature is said to bestow, as singing and poetry.

Word Forms

• impropre
• impropers
• impropering
• impropered

Synonyms for improper

Depending on context, synonyms include unproper, unconventional, irregular, inappropriate, untoward, unseemly.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include inappropriate, unbecoming, unseemly, untoward, wrong, indecorous.

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