“slightly improper to dine alone with a married man”
“improper medication”
“improper attire for the golf course”
- Synonyms
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inappropriate
not suitable for a particular occasion etc
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indecent
offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters
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indecorous, indelicate
lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct
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unfit
below the required standards for a purpose
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indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward
not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society
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out-of-the-way
improper or even offensive
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incorrect, wrong
not in accord with established usage or procedure
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wrong
contrary to conscience or morality or law
- Antonyms:
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proper
marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
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appropriate
suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc
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correct, right
free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth
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decent
conforming to conventions of sexual behavior
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decorous
characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct
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becoming, comely, comme il faut, decent, decorous, seemly
according with custom or propriety
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correct, right
socially right or correct
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correct, right
in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure
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fitting
in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion
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halal
proper or legitimate
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kosher
proper or legitimate
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priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straight-laced, straightlaced, strait-laced, straitlaced, tight-laced, victorian
exaggeratedly proper
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right
in conformance with justice or law or morality
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