What's the difference between improper and inaccurate?

Improper


Definition:

  • (a.) Not proper; not suitable; not fitted to the circumstances, design, or end; unfit; not becoming; incongruous; inappropriate; indecent; as, an improper medicine; improper thought, behavior, language, dress.
  • (a.) Not peculiar or appropriate to individuals; general; common.
  • (a.) Not according to facts; inaccurate; erroneous.
  • (v. t.) To appropriate; to limit.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The purpose of this paper is to outline procedures that will facilitate the integration of microcomputers into the clinical milieu by (a) identifying the reasons why and how these devices are used improperly; (b) proposing ways to correct these problems; (c) providing recommendations concerning the acquisition of major microcomputer hardware, software, and adaptations; and (d) providing an annotated list of resources for further information.
  • (2) While ruling that there had been improper use of Schedule 7 powers, the judge commented: "It was clear that the Security Service, for entirely understandable reasons, was anxious if possible to get information which could not be regarded as tainted by torture allegations or which might confirm the propriety of a control order."
  • (3) Aggressive or improper toothbrushing techniques may have a detrimental impact on the gingiva.
  • (4) By abusing his power, he was engrossed in irregularities and corruption, had improper relations with several women and was wined and dined at back parlours of deluxe restaurants.
  • (5) If the sexual attack is dealt with improperly or repressed it may cause serious psychologic problems for the victim as an adult.
  • (6) He also denied there was anything improper in his taking work writing for News International newspapers immediately after retiring from the force.
  • (7) Improperly prepared home-canned products which are tasted or consumed without heating are more likely to be associated with botulism.
  • (8) "We believe that this is unavoidable following the recent costs to all the citizens of the UK as a result of banking failures, mismanagement and improper practices," said a spokesperson for the City Reform Group.
  • (9) It’s especially not appropriate for a citizen seeking election to this house or selection to the ministry canvassing for money and support to seek to damage individuals’ reputation by commencing court actions for what could only be an improper purpose.” Palmer said the former treasurer, Joe Hockey, had been staying at the resort at the time and “walked past the table” where they were sitting and “merely sat down to have a coffee”.
  • (10) In some cases, however, the enzymatic defect results from improper post-translational modification which affects precursor processing.
  • (11) These operative-technical errors were divided into three groups: improperly determined level of intestinal resection, defects of transposition, defects of anastomosis creation.
  • (12) Of the paralytic cases 22% had proper vaccination while improper vaccination was found in 78%.
  • (13) In overturning the fine, the court today found that the commission had long "practiced restraint" in exercising its authority to sanction broadcasters for indecent content, and that the mammoth fine was an improper departure from that.
  • (14) The frustrations include separation from family, uncomfortable living conditions, language barriers, and inability to change medical practices that seem improper.
  • (15) In this series, there were two treatment-related deaths, one secondary to the chemotherapy, the other to improper catheter placement.
  • (16) The authors mathematically analyze why they feel the risk was improperly computed.
  • (17) Now that we know the practice is widespread among physicians in training, we can conjecture that the demand for improper reporting of diagnostic data by sonographers is likely widespread among physicians in practice also.
  • (18) "Mourinho denied a breach of FA rule E3 in that his behaviour in re-entering the field of play and approaching the match referee [Foy] in an attempt to speak to him, in or around the 90th minute of the game against Aston Villa on 15 March 2014, amounted to improper conduct.
  • (19) Many advantages are credited with this offensive attitude which requires an appropriate organisation of the Departments of Traumatology, the intimate collaboration of surgeons called orthopedic or plastic surgeons, improperly divided by too administrative compartmentalization of the surgical specialties.
  • (20) This led to a need to carry out improper accounting on an even bigger scale, and as this was repeated, the scale of the inappropriate book-keeping also expanded,” it said.

Inaccurate


Definition:

  • (a.) Not accurate; not according to truth; inexact; incorrect; erroneous; as, in inaccurate man, narration, copy, judgment, calculation, etc.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In the genitourinary clinic setting, clinical diagnosis prior to biopsy was found frequently to be inaccurate.
  • (2) Diagnosis and identification of the site of the leak is often inaccurate, even with meticulous care given to placing and removing the nasal pledgets.
  • (3) For both early and late P300 peaks, ERC patterns following feedback about inaccurate performance involved more frontal sites than did those following feedback about accurate performance.
  • (4) Personalised health tests that screen thousands of genes for versions that influence disease are inaccurate and offer little, if any, benefit to consumers, scientists claimed on Monday.
  • (5) The media's image of a "gamer" might still be of a man in his teens or 20s sitting in front of Call of Duty for six-hour stretches, but that stereotype is now more inaccurate than ever.
  • (6) In addition, quantification of fluid output from a fistula may be grossly inaccurate.
  • (7) Disk position was assessed inaccurately in either plane in patients with severe degenerative joint disease.
  • (8) They claim that Zero Dark Thirty is "grossly inaccurate and misleading in its suggestion that torture resulted in information that led to the capture".
  • (9) Aside from the fact that it is intemperate and inaccurate, it is also libelous.
  • (10) Not only that, it prejudicially and inaccurately links me to a terrorist attack, which the vast majority of Muslims (including myself) believe to be absolutely abhorrent and against the teachings of Islamic principles.
  • (11) Inaccurate IFS diagnosis of depth of myometrial invasion can occur when tumor involves the uterine isthmus or cornua and when tumor invades areas of adenomyosis.
  • (12) It appears that the nature of the questions asked may be as much or more of a contributing factor to inaccurate self-reports as subject or setting factors, especially for individuals who report high levels of alcohol use, for whom special efforts may be necessary to gather valid self-report data.
  • (13) The 2.5-hr assay at 35 C proved to be an inaccurate method.
  • (14) Moreover, genetics textbooks consistently employ confused or misleading definitions of the concept of heritability that, together with the reporting of discredited data, perpetuate a fundamentally inaccurate understanding of the genetics of intelligence.
  • (15) The interpretation of responses to trains of impulses can be made inaccurate by alternate blocking.
  • (16) Although this process has been found to be inaccurate, nurses often express discomfort when clients hold perceptions of reality that run counter to their own views.
  • (17) The common practice of describing the histologic distribution of pulmonary lesions from their radiographic patterns is often inaccurate.
  • (18) Simple linear regressions on age and height are inaccurate, in particular for young adults and for the elderly.
  • (19) The nonlinear relationship between LDL and hearing loss together with the large intersubject variability in the data suggest that prediction of LDL from hearing threshold would often be highly inaccurate.
  • (20) Thus, the thermodilution technique of measuring cardiac output is inaccurate in patients with tricuspid regurgitation, yielding results that are consistently lower than the actual outputs.