improper meaning
EN
[ɪmˈprɒp.ə] [ɪmˈprɔp.ə] [ɪmˈprɑ.pɚ] [-ɒpə(ɹ)] - VerbSGimpropersPRimproperingPT, PPimpropered
- OBS VT To appropriate; to limit.
- OBS To behave improperly.
- OBS VT To appropriate; to limit.
- AdjectiveCOMmore improperSUPmost improper
- 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.
- OBS Not specific or appropriate to individuals; general; common.
- unsuitable to needs or circumstances; inappropriate; inapt.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Note: Before certain letters, in- becomes: i- before gn, e.g. ignoble il- before l, e.g. illegal im- before b, m, or p, e.g. improper ir- before r, e.g. irresistible
- The plaintiffs here are third persons, and cannot be made responsible for the inadequate judgment or the improper exercise of power by the defendant's wife.
- For the next six months or so those children will assail her in public with demands for an improper story! (from H.H. Munro's short story, "The Storyteller").
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of improper in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Adjectives
- en improperly
- en impropers
- en impropered
- en improperty
- en impropering
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "improper" is an adjective. It's also a verb, more specifically, a transitive verb.