Broad vs Improper - What's the difference?
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Wide in extent or scope.
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* Bishop Porteus
Having a large measure of any thing or quality; not limited; not restrained.
* John Locke
Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
* D. Daggett
* E. Everett
Plain; evident.
Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
* Shakespeare
(dated) Gross; coarse; indelicate.
(of an accent) Strongly regional.
(Gaelic languages) Velarized, i.e. not palatalized.
(dated) A prostitute, a woman of loose morals.
(US) A woman or girl.
(UK) A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk.
A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
unsuitable to needs or circumstances; inappropriate; inapt
Not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners; indecent or immodest
Not according to facts; inaccurate or erroneous
Not consistent with established facts; incorrect
Not properly named; See, for example, improper fraction
(obsolete) Not specific or appropriate to individuals; general; common.
* J. Fletcher
(obsolete) To appropriate; to limit.
* Jewel
(obsolete) To behave improperly
(Webster 1913)
As adjectives the difference between broad and improper
is that broad is wide in extent or scope while improper is unsuitable to needs or circumstances; inappropriate; inapt.As a noun broad
is a prostitute, a woman of loose morals.As a verb improper is
to appropriate; to limit.broad
English
Adjective
(er)- three feet broad
- the broad expanse of ocean
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- broad and open day
- a broad mixture of falsehood
- The words in the Constitution are broad enough to include the case.
- in a broad , statesmanlike, and masterly way
- a broad hint
- as broad and general as the casing air
- a broad''' compliment; a '''broad''' joke; '''broad humour
Antonyms
* * (Regarding body width) * (Not palatalized)Derived terms
* breadth * broaden * broad across the beam * broad in the beam * broadscale * broad strokes * broadsword * broad church * broadcloth * broad agreementNoun
(en noun)- Who was that broad I saw you with?
- (Knight)
Synonyms
* See also * See also * See alsoSee also
*Anagrams
* * * ----improper
English
Alternative forms
* impropre (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- Not to be adorned with any art but such improper ones as nature is said to bestow, as singing and poetry.
Derived terms
* improper divisor * improper face * improper fit * improper fraction * improper integral * improper motion * improper node * improper orthogonal transformation * improper rotation * improper use * improper workmanshipVerb
(en verb)- He would in like manner improper and inclose the sunbeams to comfort the rich and not the poor.