[
US
/ˌɪmˈpɹɑpɝ/
]
[ UK /ɪmpɹˈɒpɐ/ ]
[ UK /ɪmpɹˈɒpɐ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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not suitable or right or appropriate
improper attire for the golf course
improper medication
slightly improper to dine alone with a married man -
not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention
an unconventional marriage
improper banking practices -
not appropriate for a purpose or occasion
said all the wrong things
How To Use improper In A Sentence
- NIAGARA FALLS -- A Niagara Falls English teacher has agreed to resign and surrender his teaching certification as part of a plea bargain to charges that he had an improper relationship with a 16-year-old female student. The Buffalo News: Home
- He claimed that the school district stepped over the line with its affirmative action plan and that race was improperly used to discriminate against the white teacher.
- The school's culinary dean recalls being hung from a meat hook for improperly boning veal during one of his 14-hour days as an apprentice in 1949 Germany.
- It wouldn't be the first time officials have failed to act on suspicions about improper behaviour either. Times, Sunday Times
- Marriage or sexual relationships with any member of the other seven 'skins' are regarded as improper.
- improper medication
- The next line is inharmonious in its sound, and mean in its conception; the opposition is obvious, and the word lash used absolutely, and without any modification, is gross and improper. Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope
- If I intelligent enough choose for myself, then where be improperness? The Cat is a Metaphor
- She signed an agreement that included liability for damage caused by improper use. Times, Sunday Times
- The main reason why so many people have problems ranging from bunions to hammer toes is poor choice of shoes and their improper fit.