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improper en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (General-American) audio
  • /ɪmˈpɹɒp.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ɪmˈpɹɔp.ə/ (Australia)
  • /ɪmˈpɹɑ.pɚ/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle French impropre, from Latin improprius (“not proper”), from in- + proprius (“proper”). By surface analysis, im- + proper.

Meanings

  1. Unsuitable to needs or circumstances; inappropriate; inapt.
  2. Not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners; indecent or immodest.
    • 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. (obsolete) Not specific 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. 1608, John Fletcher, The Faithful Shepherdess:
  7. Of a complex random variable, correlated with its conjugate.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most improper Degree=Sup lexicographic
impropre alternative, obsolete lexicographic
more improper Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

improper fit · improper fraction · improper motion · improper use · improper face · improper orthogonal transformation · improper integral · improperness · improper node · improper rotation · improper noun · improper workmanship · improper divisor · improper time

Synonyms

unproper

Translations (95)

da uanstændig (not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners) · nl ongeschikt (not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners) · es indebido (not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners) · fi sopimaton (not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners) · ru ненадлежа́щий (unsuitable to needs or circumstances) · tr uygunsuz (unsuitable to needs or circumstances) · bg неприличен (not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners) · tr yakışıksız (not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners) · sl neprimeren (unsuitable to needs or circumstances) · nl onjuist (Not according to facts) · ru неприли́чный (not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners) · es impropio (not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners) · nl inconsistent (Not consistent with established facts) · sk nesprávny (Not consistent with established facts) · hy անպիտան (not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners) · bg непристоен (not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners) · pt impróprio (unsuitable to needs or circumstances) · nl verkeerd omschreven (Not properly named) · pt incorreto (Not consistent with established facts) · uk непристо́йний (not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners) · ca impropi (unsuitable to needs or circumstances) · no urettmessig (Not according to facts) · ru непра́вильный (Not consistent with established facts) · fi säädytön (not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners) · pt impróprio (Not properly named) · uk некоре́ктний (not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners) · eu ezegoki (unsuitable to needs or circumstances) · pt incorreto (Not according to facts) · ca impropi (Not properly named) · nl foutief (Not according to facts) · bg неточен (Not according to facts) · pt impróprio (not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners) · no uanstendig (not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners) · tl di-angkop (unsuitable to needs or circumstances) · fi väärä (Not according to facts) · ja そぐわない (Not properly named) · ga aindílis (not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners) · fi sopimaton (unsuitable to needs or circumstances) · fr impropre (Not properly named) · fr inapproprié (unsuitable to needs or circumstances) · pt impróprio (Not according to facts) · pt indecoroso (not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners) · la indecens (not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners) · ro impropriu (unsuitable to needs or circumstances) · bg неподходящ (unsuitable to needs or circumstances) · ru оши́бочный (Not according to facts) · bg неправилен (Not according to facts) · no upassende (unsuitable to needs or circumstances) · nl foutief (Not consistent with established facts) · ru неуме́стный (unsuitable to needs or circumstances) · ja 不適切な (Not properly named) · da upassende (not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners) · de unpassend (unsuitable to needs or circumstances) · hi अशोभनीय (not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners) · uk невідпові́дний (unsuitable to needs or circumstances) · sk nevhodný (unsuitable to needs or circumstances) · ru некорре́ктный (not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners) · nl misplaatst (not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners) · tr yanlış (Not according to facts) · el ανάρμοστος (not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners) · el ακατάλληλος (unsuitable to needs or circumstances) · ca impropi (not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners) · ru непристо́йный (not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners) · sk nesprávny (Not according to facts) · no upassende (not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners) · fr impropre (not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners) · no feilaktig (Not according to facts) · es improprio (not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners) · hy անվայել (not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners) · fr inconvenant (not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners) · pt impróprio (Not consistent with established facts) · uk ненале́жний (unsuitable to needs or circumstances) · ja そぐわない (unsuitable to needs or circumstances) · ru непра́вильный (Not according to facts) · no uegnet (unsuitable to needs or circumstances) · hi अनुचित (unsuitable to needs or circumstances) · tl di-angkap (not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners) · hi अमर्यादित (not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners) · ja 不適切な (unsuitable to needs or circumstances) · fr impropre (unsuitable to needs or circumstances) · ru неподходя́щий (unsuitable to needs or circumstances) · no uriktig (Not according to facts) · la improprius (unsuitable to needs or circumstances) · no uriktig (Not consistent with established facts) · bg неуместен (unsuitable to needs or circumstances) · no feilaktig (Not properly named) · pt indecente (not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners) · sa अकार्य (not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners) · sk nevhodný (not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners) · fr grossier (not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners) · tr uygunsuz (not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners) · nl ongepast (unsuitable to needs or circumstances) · ru ло́жный (Not according to facts) · de unhöflich (not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners) · fr inadapté (unsuitable to needs or circumstances)

improper en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

From Middle English empropren, perhaps from an unattested Anglo-Norman variant enproprier of Anglo-Norman apropr(i)er, approprier, related to modern French approprier.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To appropriate; to assign (something, to someone) as a possession or prerogative.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:improper.
    • He would in like manner improper and inclose the sunbeams to comfort the rich and not the poor. 1565, John Jewel, letter to Thomas Harding:

Forms

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impropers Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
impropre alternative, obsolete lexicographic
impropering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
impropered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
impropered Tense=Past lexicographic