improper

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective not suitable or right or appropriate
  2. adjective not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention
  3. adjective not appropriate for a purpose or occasion

Etymology

From Middle French impropre, from Latin improprius (“not proper”), from in- + proprius (“proper”). By surface analysis, im- + proper.

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