improper
Example Sentences
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Morgan Gire said “changes in state law and recent parole board failures” led to his improper release.
From Los Angeles Times
“There was nothing improper about Mr. Nelson’s limited interactions with Epstein” after the bank pushed out Epstein as a client, he said.
The rule states that there should be no behaviour that is "improper, offensive, violent, threatening, abusive, indecent, insulting or provocative".
From BBC
Critics say shareholder proposals are excessive or misused, but the system includes safeguards that allow companies to exclude proposals that are irrelevant, duplicative, vague or improper.
During a pretrial conference Thursday, the judge said at one point that it would be improper for the jury to consider what she would have earned had she stayed at Centerview beyond the three-year program.
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