Definition of improper

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Improper (a.) Not proper; not suitable; not fitted to the circumstances, design, or end; unfit; not becoming; incongruous; inappropriate; indecent; as, an improper medicine; improper thought, behavior, language, dress..

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Bearing :: Bearing (n.) Improperly, the unsupported span; as, the beam has twenty feet of bearing between its supports..
Graphite :: Graphite (n.) Native carbon in hexagonal crystals, also foliated or granular massive, of black color and metallic luster, and so soft as to leave a trace on paper. It is used for pencils (improperly called lead pencils), for crucibles, and as a lubricator, etc. Often called plumbago or black lead..
Nightmare :: Nightmare (n.) A condition in sleep usually caused by improper eating or by digestive or nervous troubles, and characterized by a sense of extreme uneasiness or discomfort (as of weight on the chest or stomach, impossibility of motion or speech, etc.), or by frightful or oppressive dreams, from which one wakes after extreme anxiety, in a troubled state of mind; incubus..
Fact :: Fact (n.) The assertion or statement of a thing done or existing; sometimes, even when false, improperly put, by a transfer of meaning, for the thing done, or supposed to be done; a thing supposed or asserted to be done; as, history abounds with false facts..
Free Will :: Free will () A will free from improper coercion or restraint.
Misderive :: Misderive (v. t.) To turn or divert improperly; to misdirect.
Tipple :: Tipple (v. i.) To drink spirituous or strong liquors habitually; to indulge in the frequent and improper used of spirituous liquors; especially, to drink frequently in small quantities, but without absolute drunkeness..
Barb :: Barb (n.) A southern name for the kingfishes of the eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States; -- also improperly called whiting.
Wrong-timed :: Wrong-timed (a.) Done at an improper time; ill-timed.
Purity :: Purity (n.) Freedom from any sinister or improper motives or views.
Unwarrantable :: Unwarrantable (a.) Not warrantable; indefensible; not vindicable; not justifiable; illegal; unjust; improper.
Unthriftily :: Unthriftily (adv.) Improperly; unbecomingly.
Diphthong :: Diphthong (n.) A vowel digraph; a union of two vowels in the same syllable, only one of them being sounded; as, ai in rain, eo in people; -- called an improper diphthong..
Timeless :: Timeless (a.) Done at an improper time; unseasonable; untimely.
Improperty :: Improperty (n.) Impropriety.
Misdiet :: Misdiet (v. t.) To diet improperly.
Improper :: Improper (v. t.) To appropriate; to limit.
Misyoke :: Misyoke (v. t.) To yoke improperly.
Device :: Device (n.) Improperly, an heraldic bearing..
Amiss :: Amiss (adv.) Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill.
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