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improper

/ɪmˈpɹɑ.pɚ/ adjective B1
  1. Unsuitable to needs or circumstances; inappropriate; inapt.
  2. Not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners; indecent or immodest. · improper conduct
  3. Not according to facts; inaccurate or erroneous.
  4. Not consistent with established facts; incorrect.
  5. Not properly named; See, for example, improper fraction.
  6. Of a complex random variable, correlated with its conjugate.
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It is highly improper.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 246 · B2
Indeed he has no improper pride.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 357 · B2

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