improper
1. 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 • Similar to: indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward, out-of-the-way, wrong, incorrect • See Also: inappropriate, indecent, indecorous, indelicate, unfit, wrong • Derivationally related forms: improperness • Attrubites: propriety, properness, correctitude 2. not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention - an unconventional marriage - improper banking practices • Syn: unconventional, unlawful • Similar to: irregular • Derivationally related forms: unlawfulness (for: unlawful), unconventionality (for: unconventional), improperness 3. not appropriate for a purpose or occasion - said all the wrong things • Syn: wrong • Similar to: inappropriate • Derivationally related forms: wrongness (for: wrong), improperness
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