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Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
1. improper
adjective. ['ˌɪmˈprɑːpɝ'] not appropriate for a purpose or occasion.
Synonyms
- inappropriate
Antonyms
- favorable
- clean
Etymology
- improprius (Latin)
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Rhymes with Improper
- whopper
- stopper
- propper
- gropper
- dropper
- cropper
- clopper
- topper
- topor
- shopper
- popper
- kopper
- hopper
- copper
- chopper
- bopper
- opper
Sentences with improper
1. Adjective
If your bunny is ingesting her own hair, she may be getting improper nutrition.
Quotes about improper
1. No mathematician in the world would bother making these senseless distinctions: 2 1/2 is a "mixed number "while 5/2 is an "improper fraction."They're EQUAL for crying out loud. They are the exact same numbers and have the exact same properties. Who uses such words outside of fourth grade?
- Paul Lockhart, A Mathematician's Lament: How School Cheats Us Out of Our Most Fascinating and Imaginative Art Form
2. improper
adjective. ['ˌɪmˈprɑːpɝ'] not suitable or right or appropriate.
Synonyms
- untoward
- uncomely
- unbecoming
- indecent
- correctitude
- unfit
- propriety
- out-of-the-way
- properness
- unseemly
- indelicate
- incorrect
- wrong
- inappropriate
Antonyms
- proper
- improperness
- appropriate
- right
- decorous
- fit
- impropriety
Etymology
- improprius (Latin)
3. improper
adjective. ['ˌɪmˈprɑːpɝ'] not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention.
Synonyms
- irregular
- unconventional
Antonyms
- modest
- indecency
- indecorousness
Etymology
- improprius (Latin)