Attributes:correctitude properness propriety
Examples:
- slightly improper to dine alone with a married man
- improper medication
- improper attire for the golf course
Antonyms:proper
Derivationally Related Form:improperness
Inherited Hypernyms:improper
Similar to:indecent indecorous unbecoming uncomely unseemly untoward out-of-the-way out of the way incorrect wrong
See also:inappropriate indecent indecorous indelicate unfit wrong