Thesaurus: improper

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1. a. 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.
2. a. Not peculiar or appropriate to individuals; general; common.
3. a. Not according to facts; inaccurate; erroneous.
4. v. t. To appropriate; to limit.
5. adj. not suitable or right or appropriate
6. adj. not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention
7. adj. not appropriate for a purpose or occasion
8. 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 originalfeud, not earned by military service. Mozley & W. -- Improper fraction. See under Fraction. To appropriate; to limit. [Obs.] He would in like manner improper and inclose the sunbeams to comfort the rich and not the poor. Jewel.
9. To appropriate; to limit. [Obs.]He would in like manner improper and inclose the sunbeams to comfortthe rich and not the poor. Jewel.
10. j:100 a. not suitable or right or appropriate s. not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention s. not appropriate for a purpose or occasion