improper

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Synonyms: improver, proper, improve, improved, unproper, impower, imploder, improves, impropre, imposer, implorer

Antonyms: improver, proper, improve, improved, unproper, impower, imploder, improves, impropre, imposer, implorer

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Adjective

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. Not specific or appropriate to individuals; general; common.
7. Of a complex random variable, correlated with its conjugate.

Verb

1. To appropriate; to assign (something, to someone) as a possession or prerogative.

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