English > improper: 3 senses > adjective 1| Meaning | not suitable or right or appropriate. |
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| Examples | - "slightly improper to dine alone with a married man"
- "improper medication"
- "improper attire for the golf course"
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| Attribute of | propriety, properness, correctitude | correct or appropriate behavior |
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| Narrower | indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward | not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society |
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| out-of-the-way, out of the way | Improper or even offensive |
| wrong, incorrect | not in accord / accord with established usage / usage or procedure |
| See also | inappropriate | not suitable for a particular occasion etc |
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| incorrect, wrong | not correct |
| indecent | Offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters |
| indecorous, indelicate | lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct |
| unfit | Below the required standards for a purpose |
| wrong | contrary to conscience or morality or law |
| Opposite | proper | marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness |
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| Spanish | impropio, inapropiado |
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| Catalan | inapropiat |
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| Nouns | improperness | an improper demeanor |
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| Adverbs | improperly | in an improper way |
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