Definition of improper

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Improper (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..

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Misuse :: Misuse (v. t.) To treat or use improperly; to use to a bad purpose; to misapply; as, to misuse one's talents..
Allotriophagy :: Allotriophagy (n.) A depraved appetite; a desire for improper food.
Minster :: Minster (n.) A church of a monastery. The name is often retained and applied to the church after the monastery has ceased to exist (as Beverly Minster, Southwell Minster, etc.), and is also improperly used for any large church..
Nightmare :: Nightmare (n.) A condition in sleep usually caused by improper eating or by digestive or nervous troubles, and characterized by a sense of extreme uneasiness or discomfort (as of weight on the chest or stomach, impossibility of motion or speech, etc.), or by frightful or oppressive dreams, from which one wakes after extreme anxiety, in a troubled state of mind; incubus..
Inept :: Inept (a.) Not apt or fit; unfit; unsuitable; improper; unbecoming.
Mispoint :: Mispoint (v. t.) To point improperly; to punctuate wrongly.
Embracery :: Embracery (n.) An attempt to influence a court, jury, etc., corruptly, by promises, entreaties, money, entertainments, threats, or other improper inducements..
Wrong-timed :: Wrong-timed (a.) Done at an improper time; ill-timed.
Undue :: Undue (a.) Not right; not lawful or legal; improper; as, an undue proceeding..
Unprobably :: Unprobably (adv.) In a manner not to be approved of; improperly.
Indecorous :: Indecorous (a.) Not decorous; violating good manners; contrary to good breeding or etiquette; unbecoming; improper; out of place; as, indecorous conduct..
Mispronunciation :: Mispronunciation (n.) Wrong or improper pronunciation.
Jurel :: "Jurel (n.) A yellow carangoid fish of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts (Caranx chrysos), most abundant southward, where it is valued as a food fish; -- called also hardtail, horse crevalle, jack, buffalo jack, skipjack, yellow mackerel, and sometimes, improperly, horse mackerel. Other species of Caranx (as C. fallax) are also sometimes called jurel..
Illegitimate :: Illegitimate (a.) Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper.
Allowable :: Allowable (a.) Proper to be, or capable of being, allowed; permissible; admissible; not forbidden; not unlawful or improper; as, a certain degree of freedom is allowable among friends..
Misbear :: Misbear (v. t.) To carry improperly; to carry (one's self) wrongly; to misbehave.
Incorrect :: Incorrect (a.) Not accordant with duty or morality; not duly regulated or subordinated; unbecoming; improper; as, incorrect conduct..
Unwarrantable :: Unwarrantable (a.) Not warrantable; indefensible; not vindicable; not justifiable; illegal; unjust; improper.
Graphite :: Graphite (n.) Native carbon in hexagonal crystals, also foliated or granular massive, of black color and metallic luster, and so soft as to leave a trace on paper. It is used for pencils (improperly called lead pencils), for crucibles, and as a lubricator, etc. Often called plumbago or black lead..
Masterwort :: Masterwort (n.) Improperly, the cow parsnip (Heracleum lanatum)..
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