improper

1. 1

   Unsuitable to needs or circumstances; inappropriate; inapt.

2. 2

   Not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners; indecent or immodest.

   • improper conduct
3. 3

   Not according to facts; inaccurate or erroneous.

4. 4

   Not consistent with established facts; incorrect.

5. 5

   Not properly named; See, for example, improper fraction.

6. 6

   Not specific or appropriate to individuals; general; common.obsolete

   • Not to be adorned with any art but such improper ones as nature is said to bestow, as singing and poetry.
7. 7

   Of a complex random variable, correlated with its conjugate.

syn. unproper

1. 1

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

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