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Definition of Improper
1. Adjective. Not suitable or right or appropriate. "Improper attire for the golf course"
Also: Inappropriate, Indecent, Indecorous, Indelicate, Unfit, Wrong
Similar to: Indecent, Indecorous, Unbecoming, Uncomely, Unseemly, Untoward, Out-of-the-way, Incorrect, Wrong
Derivative terms: Improperness
Antonyms: Proper
2. Adjective. Not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention. "Improper banking practices"
Similar to: Irregular
Derivative terms: Improperness, Unconventionality, Unlawfulness
3. Adjective. Not appropriate for a purpose or occasion. "Said all the wrong things"
Definition of Improper
1. 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.
2. v. t. To appropriate; to limit.
Definition of Improper
1. Adjective. unsuitable to needs or circumstances; inappropriate; inapt ¹
2. Adjective. Not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners; indecent or immodest ¹
3. Adjective. Not according to facts; inaccurate or erroneous ¹
4. Adjective. Not consistent with established facts; incorrect ¹
5. Adjective. Not properly named; See, for example, improper fraction ¹
6. Verb. (obsolete) To appropriate ¹
7. Verb. (obsolete) To behave improperly ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Improper
1. not proper [adj]
Medical Definition of Improper
1. 1. 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. "Follow'd his enemy king, and did him service, Improper for a slave." (Shak) "And to their proper operation still, Ascribe all Good; to their improper, Ill." (Pope) 2. Not peculiar or appropriate to individuals; general; common. "Not to be adorned with any art but such improper ones as nature is said to bestow, as singing and poetry." (J. Fletcher) 3. Not according to facts; inaccurate; erroneous. Improper diphthong. See Diphthong. Improper feud, an originalfeud, not earned by military service. Mozley & W. Improper fraction. See Fraction. Origin: F. Impropre, L. Improprius; pref. Im- not + proprius proper. See Proper. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Improper
Literary usage of Improper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Theory of Functions of a Real Variable and the Theory of Fourier's Series by Ernest William Hobson (1907)
"Therefore Harnack's improper integral exists, and it has been shewn above that
it must ... A definition of the improper integral of a function with infinite ..."
2. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1877)
"It is improper to make new allowances now ostensibly for the enlarged guns,
because still larger guns were originally contemplated in the design, ..."
3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1906)
"24 SE, It is said: "This Instruction was improper, In this case, for the same
reason that all the others were improper." This case, as practically all ..."
4. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"Proper and improper feuds.—But this at the same time demolished the ancient
simplicity of feuds; and an inroad being once made upon their constitution, ..."
5. Algebra: An Elementary Text-book, for the Higher Classes of Secondary by George Chrystal (1904)
"If in the rational fraction A/B the degree of the numerator is greater than or
equal to the degree of the denominator, the fraction is called an improper ..."
6. The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, Being by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay, Henry Cabot Lodge (1888)
"To the People of the State of New York : Having shown that no one of the powers
transferred to the federal government is unnecessary or improper, ..."
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