improper
Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɹɒp.ə/
The English word “improper” has 8 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Unsuitable to needs or circumstances; inappropriate; inapt.
- Not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners; indecent or immodest.
- Not according to facts; inaccurate or erroneous.
- Not consistent with established facts; incorrect.
- Not properly named; See, for example, improper fraction.
- Not specific or appropriate to individuals; general; common.
- Of a complex random variable, correlated with its conjugate.
verb
- To appropriate; to assign (something, to someone) as a possession or prerogative.
Etymology
From Middle French impropre, from Latin improprius (“not proper”), from in- + proprius (“proper”). By surface analysis, im- + proper.
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