Synonyms for improper
ɪmˈprɒp ərim·prop·er

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1. improper

   Synonyms:
   awkward, ill-becoming, ill-fitting, indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, unfit, unseemly, unsuitable

   Antonyms:
   becoming, befitting, beseeming, comely, congruous, decent, decorous, fit, fitting, graceful, meet, neat, proper, seemly, suitable, worthy

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1. improperadjective

   not suitable or right or appropriate

   "slightly improper to dine alone with a married man"; "improper medication"; "improper attire for the golf course"

   Synonyms:
   wrong, unlawful, unconventional

   Antonyms:
   decent, prudish, correct, victorian, puritanical, becoming, appropriate, prissy, proper, comely, strait-laced, fitting, prim, straitlaced, decorous, comme il faut, straight-laced, regular, halal, square-toed, right, seemly, priggish, kosher, straightlaced, tight-laced

2. improper, unconventional, unlawfuladjective

   not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention

   "an unconventional marriage"; "improper banking practices"

   Synonyms:
   wrongful, illicit, outlaw(a), outlawed, unlawful, wrong, unconventional, illegitimate

   Antonyms:
   priggish, correct, straitlaced, proper, right, tight-laced, regular, square-toed, straightlaced, victorian, straight-laced, puritanical, comme il faut, becoming, prudish, prissy, comely, seemly, appropriate, prim, kosher, decorous, fitting, decent, halal, strait-laced

3. improper, wrongadjective

   not appropriate for a purpose or occasion

   "said all the wrong things"

   Synonyms:
   unseasonable, untimely, awry(p), incorrect, faulty, haywire, unlawful, ill-timed, wrong(p), wrong, amiss(p), unconventional

   Antonyms:
   regular, proper, priggish, appropriate, strait-laced, comely, victorian, halal, seemly, tight-laced, prissy, becoming, fitting, right, decent, comme il faut, square-toed, straightlaced, kosher, straitlaced, decorous, prudish, prim, straight-laced, puritanical, correct

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1. improperadjective

   Synonyms:
   unsuitable, unsuited, unfit, unapt, inapposite, inappropriate, unadapted, not proper

2. improperadjective

   Synonyms:
   unseemly, unbecoming, indecent, indecorous

3. improperadjective

   Synonyms:
   inaccurate, incorrect, erroneous, wrong

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1. improperadjective

   Synonyms:
   indecorous, unseemly, indecent, inappropriate, wrong, solecistic

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1. List of paraphrases for "improper":

   inappropriate, undue, incorrect, inadequate, irregular, abusive, unsuitable, bad, wrong, illegitimate, unseemly, unsound, reprehensible, unfair, careless, unfit, indus, poor, inaccurate

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1. George Orwell, 1984:

   It was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public place or within range of a telescreen. The smallest thing could give you away. A nervous tic, an unconscious look of anxiety, a habit of muttering to yourself—anything that carried with it the suggestion of abnormality, of having something to hide. In any case, to wear an improper expression on your face ... was itself a punishable offense. There was even a word for it in Newspeak: facecrime ...

2. Gabe Feldman:

   For a variety of reasons, the NCAA is limited in what it can do, it’s limited by what its rules say it can do, it’s not the NCAA saying we care about an improper benefit of $1,000 more than we care about sexual assault. It’s our jurisdiction covers the improper benefits. It doesn’t cover these other areas.

3. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch:

   Improper efforts to influence judicial decision-making, from whatever side, from whomever, are a threat to the judicial decision-making process.

4. Hunter Biden:

   In retrospect, look, I think that it was poor judgment on my part ... I gave a hook to some very unethical people to act in illegal ways to try to do some harm to my father. That's where I made the mistake, so I take full responsibility for that. Did I do anything improper? No, not in any way.

5. Hiroyuki Kawai:

   The decision is extremely improper, underlining an unwillingness to learn from the Fukushima Daiichi disaster.