Definition of Improper

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Improper

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.

Not peculiar or appropriate to individuals; general; common.

Not according to facts; inaccurate; erroneous.

To appropriate; to limit.

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Improper Quotations

Here is God's purpose - for God, to me, it seems, is a verb not a noun, proper or improper.
R. Buckminster Fuller

God, to me, it seems, is a verb not a noun, proper or improper.
R. Buckminster Fuller

I think these are very improper questions for any American to be asked, especially under such compulsion as this. I would be very glad to tell you my life if you want to hear of it.
Pete Seeger

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.
Lafcadio Hearn

But in the long term, I think it is improper to limit your future.
Roy Moore

I don't want boys to use their pencils for improper writing.
John Burns

Improper Translations

improper in German is ungenau, nicht angemessen
improper in Norwegian is upassende

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