How to Use improper in a Sentence

improper

adjective

• It would be improper for me to ask such a favor of her.
• This is an improper diet for a growing teenager.
• He made some improper remarks.
• They claim to have evidence of improper police conduct.
• The doctor gave him an improper diagnosis.
• The question here was whether the billing process was improper.
  — Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2024
• But the writ was the improper method to challenge the compact, justices ruled.
  — Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2024
• In 1980, the Court of Appeals rules that the dismissal was improper.
  — Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 22 June 2021
• If the notice is improper, the law states, the federal judge must send it back to state court.
  — Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2021
• Just like with leggings, improper fit at the waistband is a waste of time.
  — Shauna Harrison, SELF, 12 Aug. 2021
• Police charged the man with OVI and making an improper turn.
  — cleveland, 17 Jan. 2023
• Rose claimed on Twitter that the attack was over improper mask use.
  — NBC News, 28 Oct. 2021
• He was charged with improper handling of a firearm in a vehicle, a felony.
  — Lucia Walinchus, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2022
• The City Attorney’s Office now says that fee paid by the city was improper.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2021
• He also was charged with improper lane use and driving on the sidewalk on 31st just east of La Grange Road.
  — Kimberly Fornek, chicagotribune.com, 14 May 2021
• The improper use of a breast pump can cause irritation and damage to your breasts.
  — Donna Murray, Rn, Parents, 30 July 2024
• In Kentucky during the 2017 eclipse, one person died when they were hit by a car while looking up at the sky in an improper place.
  — Christina Coulter, Fox News, 5 Apr. 2024
• Yet while Angel made good on those terms, its method for raising money in the first place may have been improper.
  — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 14 Dec. 2023
• Judge James Linn on Wednesday ruled the arrest was improper.
  — Megan Crepeau, chicagotribune.com, 9 July 2021
• Excess and improper use of the tool can damage the cuticles and nails, resulting in pain and thin, weak nails and skin.
  — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 30 Oct. 2023
• The main opinion agreed that such statements were improper.
  — News Service Of Florida, Sun Sentinel, 10 July 2025
• There is nothing improper in a party’s using the budget rules to get its way.
  — The Editors, National Review, 7 Oct. 2021
• Some agreed the payments were improper and said that the reporter’s inquiry brought the issue to their attention.
  — Andrew Ford, ProPublica, 29 Mar. 2021
• Police charged her with improper handling of a firearm, a fourth-degree felony.
  — cleveland, 20 Apr. 2022
• This ensures the cuff isn’t too tight and will prevent discomfort from an improper fit.
  — Lindsay Modglin, Health, 28 Mar. 2023
• In the lawsuit, Trump argued that some of the state's long-standing election practices are improper.
  — Molly Beck, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2021
• What are the risks of improper pruning? Improper pruning, especially at the wrong time of the year, can result in the death of the tree or shrub.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2024
• The woman was found in possession of a gun and faces a charge of improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle.
  — cleveland, 26 Jan. 2022
• Testing too early, improper use, and diluted urine are among the most-common reasons for a false-negative result.
  — Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 July 2025
• The county inspector general, in a December 2021 report, found mismanagement in the district and improper payments made to district trustees.
  — Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2025