improper

About 4.07 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Unsuitable to needs or circumstances; inappropriate; inapt.
2. adjective Not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners; indecent or immodest.

   improper conduct

3. adjective Not according to facts; inaccurate or erroneous.
4. adjective Not consistent with established facts; incorrect.
5. adjective Not properly named; See, for example, improper fraction.
6. adjective Not specific or appropriate to individuals; general; common.
7. adjective Of a complex random variable, correlated with its conjugate.
8. verb To appropriate; to assign (something, to someone) as a possession or prerogative.

Similar words

unsuitable inappropriate unbecoming unseemly untoward wrong indecorous incorrect indecent uncomely

Often followed by

to for use and conduct or in fraction food

Word family

improperly improperness impropernesses