improper
IPA: ɪmprˈɑpɝ
verb
- (obsolete, transitive) To appropriate; to limit.
- (obsolete) To behave improperly
adjective
- unsuitable to needs or circumstances; inappropriate; inapt
- Not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners; indecent or immodest
- Not according to facts; inaccurate or erroneous
- Not consistent with established facts; incorrect
- Not properly named; See, for example, improper fraction
- (obsolete) Not specific or appropriate to individuals; general; common.
- (mathematics) Of a complex random variable, correlated with its conjugate
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Examples of "improper" in Sentences
- "They are what you call improper, eh?" she laughed, referring to the tales.
- On Friday night, many marched to Police Headquarters to criticize what they described as the improper tactics police used.
- Quantity and Quality, which are proper and intrinsic, and those in the other six categories, excluding Relation, which he calls improper and extrinsic.
- On Friday night, many marched to Police Headquarters to criticize what they described as the improper tactics that the police had used against their movement.
- Government watchdogs in Harrisburg denounced what they called improper use of state resources and complained that the governor last week called the DUI arrest a personal matter.
- In a tearful news conference, Kosako said he could not stay and allow the government to set what he called improper radiation limits of 20 millisieverts a year for elementary schools in areas near the plant.
- The sudden opening of the door aroused them to a sense of their improper situation; for who but must consider it _improper_ to find a young lady locked in the arms of a gentleman to whom she had just been introduced?
- Attorneys for the second man charged with a deadly Connecticut home invasion want the location for his trial changed, citing prejudicial publicity from the first trial, and want the judge handling the case removed for what they call improper comments.
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