impropriety
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8.1
- noun
- /ˌɪmprəˈpraɪəti/
- Formal
:
indecencia
- Why is professional futility so often connected with sexual impropriety?
- sexual impropriety
- act of impropriety
Hide, hide bodies that were, you know, assassinated, cover up, you know, financial improprieties.
- Hide, hide bodies that were, you know, assassinated, cover up, you know, financial improprieties.
Examples
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Although these abuses shocked some junior officers, improprieties were usually confined to individual commanders.
Academic text (1997) -
However, the improprieties at the polls could not alone explain such a devastating accomplishment.
Academic text (1993) -
There is no impropriety here.
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"Right now, we're looking to see if there's been any impropriety," he said.
Blog text (25) -
The focus here was on the appearance of impropriety, from which Justice Kennedy inferred actual impropriety.
Academic text (2018) -
There has been talk of some improprieties while you were at Radcliffe.
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A Congressional hearing requires a convincing allegation of impropriety.
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For example, several army generals were investigated for improprieties in purchasing massive amounts of grain from the United States.
Academic text (1997) -
Kowtowing to everybody and his uncle just to get elected smacks of impropriety and is disingenuous.
Blog text (34) -
The committee discussed the incident, concerned that it might reflect an impropriety in the project's management.
Synonyms
131
4.6
Wrong behavior by someone in a trusted job
117
3.7
Bad actions that break the law or moral rules
92
7.1
An action that is too familiar and shows disrespect for someone's boundaries
25
5.6
An action that breaks a rule or expected process
15
3.6
Bad behavior that breaks rules or causes trouble
12
6.3
Behavior or speech people find offensive and wrong
8
7.7
Rude behaviour that shows no respect for other people
7
8.1
Rude behavior or remarks that show a lack of respect
5
6.7
Acting too friendly or close with someone you do not know well
4
7.0
Not being suitable for a situation or place
4
7.9
Sexual words or actions that are rude and offensive
1
7.0
Sex between people that many groups or religions call wrong
1
8.1
Being dishonest and unfair in a way that harms others
1
4.1
Rude or disrespectful behavior toward other people
1
7.0
Actions that break the law or are unfair
Rude behaviour that people think is not polite
Bad behaviour that breaks common polite rules
A way someone acts or looks that seems not proper in public
Acting in a sexual way that people think is improper
Very rude and shameful behavior that makes people feel disgusted
Antonyms
How Acceptable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Impropriety comes from the parts im- meaning 'not' and proper meaning 'suitable'. So an impropriety is a single action that is 'not suitable' — a rude or wrong act that breaks social rules.