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A Writer's Dictionary:

improper Definition


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improper
adj
    1. Not conforming to accepted standards of modesty and moral behaviour; unseemly; indecent.
      Example: made an improper suggestion to a female officer
      Thesaurus: immoral, suggestive, untoward, naughty, smutty.
    2. Not correct; wrong.
      Example: improper use of funds
    3. Not suitable.
      Example: We consider jeans improper dress for the occasion
      Thesaurus: unsuitable, incorrect, imprudent, unseemly, inappropriate, irregular, untimely, inadvisable, inopportune, unfit, awkward, discordant, clumsy.
Derivative: improperly
adverb
    Etymology: 16c: from Latin improprius.



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