Syn. — Incarceration; custody; confinement; durance; restraint.
Improbability
(Im*prob`a*bil"i*ty) n.; pl. Improbabilities [Cf. F. improbabilité.] The quality or state of
being improbable; unlikelihood; also, that which is improbable; an improbable event or result.
Improbable
(Im*prob"a*ble) a. [L. improbabilis; pref. im- not + probabilis probable: cf. F. improbable.
See Probable.] Not probable; unlikely to be true; not to be expected under the circumstances or in the
usual course of events; as, an improbable story or event.
He . . . sent to Elutherius, then bishop of Rome, an improbable letter, as some of the contents discover.
Milton. — Im*prob"a*ble*ness, n. — Im*prob"a*bly, adv.
Improbate
(Im"pro*bate) v. t. [L. improbatus, p. p. of improbare to disapprove; pref. im- not + probare
to approve.] To disapprove of; to disallow. [Obs.]
Improbation
(Im`pro*ba"tion) n. [L. improbatio.]
1. The act of disapproving; disapprobation.
2. (Scots Law) The act by which falsehood and forgery are proved; an action brought for the purpose of
having some instrument declared false or forged. Bell.
Improbative
(Im"pro*ba*tive Im"pro*ba`to*ry) , a. Implying, or tending to, improbation.
Improbity
(Im*prob"i*ty) n. [L. improbitas; pref. im- not + probitas probity: cf. F. improbité.] Lack of
probity; want of integrity or rectitude; dishonesty.
Persons . . . cast out for notorious improbity.
Hooker. Improficience
(Im`pro*fi"cience Im`pro*fi"cien*cy), n. Want of proficiency. [R.] Bacon.
Improfitable
(Im*prof"it*a*ble) a. [Pref. im- not + profitable: cf. F. improfitable.] Unprofitable. [Obs.]
Improgressive
(Im`pro*gress"ive) a. Not progressive. De Quincey. — Im"pro*gress"ive*ly, adv.
Improlific
(Im`pro*lif"ic) a. [Pref. im- not + prolific: cf. F. improlifique.] Not prolific. [Obs.] E. Waterhouse.
Improlificate
(Im`pro*lif"ic*ate) v. t. [Pref. im- in + prolificate.] To impregnate. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Imprompt
(Im*prompt") a. Not ready. [R.] Sterne.
Impromptu
(Im*promp"tu) adv. or a. [F. impromptu, fr. L. in promptu in readiness, at hand; in in +
promptus visibility, readiness, from promptus visible, ready. See Prompt.] Offhand; without previous
study; extemporaneous; extempore; as, an impromptu verse.
Impromptu
(Im*promp"tu), n.
1. Something made or done offhand, at the moment, or without previous study; an extemporaneous
composition, address, or remark.
2. (Mus.) A piece composed or played at first thought; a composition in the style of an extempore piece.
Improper
(Im*prop"er) a. [F. impropre, L. improprius; pref. im- not + proprius proper. See Proper.]
