improperness

im·prop·er  (m-prpr)

adj.

1. Not suited to circumstances or needs; unsuitable: improper shoes for a hike; improper medical treatment.

2. Not in keeping with conventional mores; indecorous: improper behavior.

3. Not consistent with established truth, fact, or rule; incorrect.

4. Irregular or abnormal.

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im·proper·ly adv.

im·proper·ness n.

Synonyms: improper, unbecoming, unseemly, indelicate, indecent, indecorous
These adjectives mean not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper. Improper often refers to unethical conduct, a breach of etiquette, or morally offensive behavior: improper business practices; improper behavior at the dinner table.
Unbecoming suggests what is beneath the standard implied by one's character or position: language unbecoming to an officer.
What is unseemly or indelicate is in gross violation of good taste; indelicate especially suggests immodesty, coarseness, or tactlessness: an unseemly use of profanity; an indelicate suggestion.
Indecent refers to what is morally offensive or harmful: an earthy but not indecent story.
Indecorous implies violation of societal manners: an indecorous remark about overeating.

Thesaurus

Noun

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improperness - an improper demeanor impropriety demeanor, demeanour, deportment, behaviour, conduct, behavior - (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people incorrectness - lack of conformity to social expectations inappropriateness, wrongness - inappropriate conduct indelicacy - the trait of being indelicate and offensive indecorousness, indecorum - a lack of decorum indecency - the quality of being indecent correctitude, properness, propriety - correct or appropriate behavior