improperly
不适当地,不恰当地,不正确地,不当
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- : not proper; not strictly belonging, applicable, correct, etc.; erroneous: He drew improper conclusions from the scant evidence.
- : not in accordance with propriety of behavior, manners, etc.: improper conduct at a funeral.
- : unsuitable or inappropriate, as for the purpose or occasion: improper attire for a formal dance.
- : abnormal or irregular: improper functioning of the speech mechanism.
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Ring reports to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission that it has received 85 incident reports involving use of improper screws, with 23 cases of ignition involving minor property damage and eight cases of minor personal burns.
It alleges that poll workers in Maricopa County gave improper instructions to some residents who used voting machines, possibly causing votes to go uncounted.
Watchdog groups have “meticulously cataloged” the ways regulators have “failed to safeguard the public from improper diversion of prescription opioids,” Walmart’s lawyers said in the 54-page complaint.
To put it in perspective, 297,000 die annually from diseases caused by improper sanitation.
Lawhon says the problem is not just improper waste practices by visitors, but overwhelmed agencies struggling to keep up while maintaining pandemic-safe levels of staffing and operations.
When used improperly those encouraging statistics take a nose dive.
Down syndrome and other chromosomal rearrangements are often accompanied by improperly functioning organs and immune systems.
Second, those who are getting injured by doing the exercises improperly often fall into one of three camps.
Unfortunately, medication can only do so much and has ill effects if used improperly, and medication is all I have to offer.
They call for Christians to reject the discovery because the “announcement may be improperly understood and reported.”
The Crown of Ireland had been most improperly described in public instruments as an imperial Crown.