Improper words and actions are inappropriate. They're not suited to the occasion or done in polite company. They’re just not proper!
Not proper; not suitable; not fitted to the circumstances, design, or end; unfit; not becoming; incongruous; inappropriate; indecent;
Adjective S.
not appropriate for a purpose or occasion; "unsuitable attire for the office"; "said all the wrong things"
Adjective
not suitable or right or appropriate; "slightly improper to dine alone with a married man"; "improper medication"
Adjective S.
not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention; "an unconventional marriage"; "improper banking practices"
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.
a.
Not peculiar or appropriate to individuals; general;
common.
a.
Not according to facts; inaccurate; erroneous.
v. t.
To appropriate; to limit.
Improper
Follow'd his enemy king, and did him service, Improper for a slave.
And to their proper operation still, Ascribe all Good; to their improper, Ill.2.
Not to be adorned with any art but such improper ones as nature is said to bestow, as singing and poetry.3.
Improper
He would in like manner improper and inclose the sunbeams to comfort the rich and not the poor.
Not proper; not suitable; not fitted to the circumstances, design, or end; unfit; not becoming; incongruous; inappropriate; indecent;
To appropriate; to limit.
Usage Examples
God, to me, it seems, is a verb not a noun, proper or improper.
French novels generally treat of the relations of women to the world and to lovers, after marriage consequently there is a great deal in French novels about adultery, about improper relations between the sexes, about many things which the English public would not allow.
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Other Usage ExamplesMy chief gifts are - naturally good at all sports with a raw talent for pretty much everything, which if nurtured could develop into improper talent.
Every study on crime and or firearms proves time and time again, that 99.99999% of American gun owners do not commit crimes or use our firearms in any dangerous or improper way.