'Improper' definitions:
Definition of 'improper'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Not suitable or right or appropriate; "slightly improper to dine alone with a married man"; "improper medication"; "improper attire for the golf course" [ant: proper]
adjective
Not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention; "an unconventional marriage"; "improper banking practices" [syn: improper, unconventional, unlawful]
adjective
Not appropriate for a purpose or occasion; "said all the wrong things" [syn: improper, wrong]
Definition of 'Improper'
From: GCIDE
- Improper \Im*prop"er\, v. t. To appropriate; to limit. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- He would in like manner improper and inclose the sunbeams to comfort the rich and not the poor. --Jewel. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Improper'
From: GCIDE
- Improper \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. [1913 Webster]
- Follow'd his enemy king, and did him service, Improper for a slave. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- And to their proper operation still, Ascribe all Good; to their improper, Ill. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Not peculiar or appropriate to individuals; general; common. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Not to be adorned with any art but such improper ones as nature is said to bestow, as singing and poetry. --J. Fletcher. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Not according to facts; inaccurate; erroneous. [1913 Webster]
- Improper diphthong. See under Diphthong.
- Improper feud, an original feud, not earned by military service. --Mozley & W.
- Improper fraction. See under Fraction. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'improper'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aberrant,
- abnormal,
- abominable,
- amiss,
- arrant,
- atrocious,
- bad,
- barbaric,
- barbarous,
- base,
- black,
- blamable,
- blameworthy,
- blooper,
- boner,
- boo-boo,
- break,
- cacophonous,
- careless,
- chintzy,
- clumsy,
- coarse,
- corrupt,
- corruption,
- criminal,
- crude,
- damnable,
- dark,
- delinquent,
- deviant,
- disgraceful,
- disorderly,
- disruptive,
- doggerel,
- Doric,
- dysphemistic,
- erroneous,
- evil,
- excessive,
- execrable,
- false,
- faulty,
- faux pas,
- flagitious,
- flagrant,
- foul,
- fresh,
- futile,
- gaffe,
- gauche,
- graceless,
- gross,
- hardly the thing,
- harsh,
- heinous,
- ignominious,
- ill,
- ill-adapted,
- ill-advised,
- ill-assorted,
- ill-chosen,
- ill-considered,
- ill-fitted,
- ill-matched,
- ill-seasoned,
- ill-sorted,
- ill-suited,
- ill-timed,
- illegal,
- immodest,
- immoral,
- impertinent,
- impolite,
- impolitic,
- imprecise,
- impropriety,
- impure,
- in bad taste,
- inaccurate,
- inadmissibility,
- inadmissible,
- inadvisable,
- inapplicable,
- inapposite,
- inappropriate,
- inapt,
- inauspicious,
- incompatible,
- inconcinnate,
- inconcinnous,
- incongruous,
- inconvenient,
- incorrect,
- incorrectness,
- indecent,
- indecorous,
- indecorousness,
- indecorum,
- indelicate,
- indiscreet,
- inelegance,
- inelegant,
- inept,
- inexact,
- inexpedient,
- infamous,
- infelicitous,
- inferior,
- informal,
- iniquitous,
- inopportune,
- intempestive,
- intrusive,
- invalid,
- irregular,
- irrelevant,
- knavish,
- lascivious,
- late,
- lewd,
- loose,
- low,
- mal a propos,
- maladjusted,
- malapropos,
- malevolent,
- malodorous,
- misbehaving,
- misjoined,
- mismatched,
- mismated,
- misplaced,
- mistaken,
- mistimed,
- monstrous,
- naughty,
- nefarious,
- not done,
- not respectable,
- not the thing,
- objectionableness,
- obscene,
- off base,
- off color,
- off-base,
- off-color,
- offensive,
- out of character,
- out of joint,
- out of keeping,
- out of line,
- out of phase,
- out of place,
- out of proportion,
- out of season,
- out of time,
- out of tune,
- out-of-line,
- outlandish,
- peccant,
- premature,
- rank,
- reprehensible,
- reprobate,
- risque,
- rough,
- rowdy,
- rowdyish,
- rude,
- ruffianly,
- sacrilegious,
- sassy,
- scandalous,
- shameful,
- shameless,
- sinful,
- sinister,
- slipshod,
- slovenly,
- solecism,
- solecistic,
- suggestive,
- tactless,
- tasteless,
- terrible,
- too late,
- too soon,
- unacceptableness,
- unadapted,
- unapt,
- unbecoming,
- unbecomingness,
- unbefitting,
- unbehaving,
- unbeseeming,
- uncalled-for,
- unceremonious,
- uncomely,
- unconventional,
- uncourtly,
- uncouth,
- undecorous,
- undesirable,
- undignified,
- undue,
- uneuphonious,
- unfavorable,
- unfelicitous,
- unfit,
- unfitted,
- unfitting,
- unforgivable,
- unfortunate,
- ungenteel,
- ungodly,
- ungraceful,
- ungrammatic,
- unhandy,
- unhappy,
- unhealthy,
- unkind,
- unlawful,
- unlucky,
- unmeet,
- unmeetness,
- unpardonable,
- unpleasant,
- unpolished,
- unprofitable,
- unpropitious,
- unqualified,
- unready,
- unrefined,
- unrighteous,
- unripe,
- unseasonable,
- unseemliness,
- unseemly,
- unskillful,
- unspeakable,
- unsuitable,
- unsuited,
- untasteful,
- untimely,
- untoward,
- untrue,
- unwise,
- unworthy,
- vernacularism,
- vicious,
- vile,
- villainous,
- vulgar,
- vulgarism,
- wicked,
- wrong,
- wrongful