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Definitions for: Improper
[adj] not appropriate for a purpose or occasion; "unsuitable attire for the office"; "said all the wrong things"
[adj] not suitable or right or appropriate; "slightly improper to dine alone with a married man"; "improper medication"
[adj] not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention; "an unconventional marriage"; "improper banking practices"
Webster (1913) Definition: Im*prop"er, a. [F. impropre, L. improprius; pref. im-
not + proprius proper. See Proper.]
1. Not proper; not suitable; not fitted to the circumstances,
design, or end; unfit; not becoming; incongruous;
inappropriate; indecent; as, an improper medicine;
improper thought, behavior, language, dress.
Follow'd his enemy king, and did him service,
Improper for a slave. --Shak.
And to their proper operation still, Ascribe all
Good; to their improper, Ill. --Pope.
2. Not peculiar or appropriate to individuals; general;
common. [Obs.]
Not to be adorned with any art but such improper
ones as nature is said to bestow, as singing and
poetry. --J. Fletcher.
3. Not according to facts; inaccurate; erroneous.
Improper diphthong. See under Diphthong.
Improper feud, an original feud, not earned by military
service. --Mozley & W.
Improper fraction. See under Fraction.
Im*prop"er, v. t.
To appropriate; to limit. [Obs.]
He would in like manner improper and inclose the
sunbeams to comfort the rich and not the poor. --Jewel.
Synonyms: inappropriate, incorrect, indecent, indecorous, irregular, out-of-the-way, unbecoming, uncomely, unconventional, unlawful, unseemly, unsuitable, untoward, wrong
Antonyms: proper
See Also: indelicate, unfit
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