improper — Dizionario inglese

Aggettivo

1. Unsuitable to needs or circumstances; inappropriate; inapt.

2. Not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners; indecent or immodest.

   Esempi

   improper conduct

3. Not according to facts; inaccurate or erroneous.

4. Not consistent with established facts; incorrect.

5. Not properly named; See, for example, improper fraction.

6. Not specific or appropriate to individuals; general; common.

   Uso

   • obsoleto

   Esempi

   Not to be adorned with any art but such improper ones as nature is said to bestow, as singing and poetry.

7. Of a complex random variable, correlated with its conjugate.

Verbo

1. To appropriate; to assign (something, to someone) as a possession or prerogative.

   Uso

   • obsoleto
   • transitivo

   Esempi

   He would in like manner improper and inclose the sunbeams to comfort the rich and not the poor.

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Aggettivo

1. not suitable or right or appropriate

   Contrari

   proper

   Esempi

   slightly improper to dine alone with a married man

   improper medication

   Altri esempi (1)

   improper attire for the golf course

2. not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention

   Sinonimi

   unconventionalunlawful

   Esempi

   an unconventional marriage

   improper banking practices

3. not appropriate for a purpose or occasion

   Sinonimi

   wrong

   Esempi

   said all the wrong things