Adjective

(en adjective)

wrong, immoral, causing a scandal

* 1884, Mark Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The thing made a big stir in the town, too, and a good many come out flatfooted and said it was scandalous to separate the mother and the children that way.

malicious, defamatory

* 1592, Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedie

These be the scandalous reports of such / As loves not me, and hate my lord too much.

* 1887, Marie Corelli, Thelma

I always disregard gossip--it is generally scandalous , and seldom true.

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, year=2012 , date=June 26 , author=Genevieve Koski , title=Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=The closest Believe gets to scandalous is on the deluxe-edition bonus track “Maria,” a response song to the woman who accused Bieber of fathering her child in 2011.}}

Adjective

(en adjective)

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

Not to be adorned with any art but such improper ones as nature is said to bestow, as singing and poetry.