a01880531
| type | a |
| lex_filenum | 00 |
| def | not suitable or right or appropriate |
| examples | slightly improper to dine alone with a married man improper medication improper attire for the golf course |
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| Also see | inappropriate; indecent; indecorous, indelicate; unfit; wrong |
| Attribute | propriety, properness, correctitude |
| Derivationally related form | improper → improperness |
| Antonym | improper → proper |
| Similar to | indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward; out-of-the-way; wrong, incorrect |
| Incoming links | |
| Also see | inappropriate; incorrect, wrong; indecent; indecorous, indelicate; wrong |
| Antonym | proper → improper |
| Similar to | indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward; out-of-the-way; wrong, incorrect |
| Derived from adjective | improperly → improper |
| Attribute | propriety, properness, correctitude |
| Derivationally related form | improperness → improper |
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