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iver): He was imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit.<br />

imprisonment<br />

n. incarceration, confinement, detention, remand, custody,<br />

Literary durance (vile): The sentence is imprisonment for not<br />

less than one year.<br />

improbable<br />

adj. doubtful, dubious, unlikely, questionable, unrealistic,<br />

far-fetched, remote, implausible, unthinkable, hard to believe<br />

or imagine, inconceivable, unbelievable, fanciful, incredible,<br />

ridiculous, ludicrous, absurd, crazy, mad, insane, wild, weird,<br />

peculiar, strange; impossible; Colloq fishy: It is improbable<br />

that they will marry. He gave the most improbable excuses.<br />

improper adj. 1 wrong, mistaken, erroneous, false, incorrect,<br />

inaccurate, inexact, imprecise, amiss, faulty, untrue,<br />

irregular, abnormal: Sloppy research had led to improper<br />

conclusions. 2 unfit, unsuitable, inappropriate, inapt,<br />

inapplicable, infelicitous, incongruous, unsuited, unseemly,<br />

unbefitting, unfitting, uncalled-for, inapposite, malapropos,<br />

out of keeping, out of place, incompatible, inopportune: Do you<br />

think it improper for shops to open on Sundays? His wedding was<br />

an improper occasion for comments about his philandering. 3<br />

indecorous, indecent, indelicate, immodest, unseemly, untoward,<br />

unbecoming, impolite, suggestive, risqu‚, off colour, obscene,<br />

corrupt, immoral, sinful, wicked, lewd, lascivious: Do you see<br />

anything improper in sex education for children?<br />

impropriety<br />

n. 1 improperness, erroneousness, incorrectness, falsity,<br />

falseness, inaccuracy, inaccurateness, inexactitude,<br />

inexactness, imprecision, impreciseness, irregularity,<br />

abnormality: I fail to see the impropriety in refusing to<br />

support capital punishment. 2 unfitness, unsuitableness,<br />

inappropriateness, inaptness, inapplicability, infelicity,<br />

infelicitousness, incongruity, incongruousness, unseemliness,<br />

incompatibility, inopportuneness: The judge criticized the<br />

impropriety of allowing the child to testify. 3 indecorousness,<br />

bad or poor taste, indecency, indelicacy, immodesty,<br />

unseemliness, suggestiveness, immorality, sinfulness,<br />

wickedness, lewdness, lasciviousness: In those days, the<br />

impropriety in wearing a brief bathing costume was thought

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