impropriety
the quality or condition of being improper; incorrectness.
inappropriateness; unsuitableness.
unseemliness; indecorousness.
an erroneous or unsuitable expression, act, etc.
an improper use of a word or phrase.
Origin of impropriety
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How to use impropriety in a sentence
Cast stones at me if you will for my past improprieties—plenty have.
How the Sultan of Brunei Violated His Sharia Law With Me | Jillian Lauren | May 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe prediction market suddenly shut down, with hints of possible improprieties yet to be revealed.
Deloitte denied “that it had any knowledge of” or “was complicit in any accounting improprieties or any misrepresentations.”
How HP’s Disastrous Deal Blows a Hole in Consulting | Alex Klein | November 21, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTTypically veteran members are punished for improprieties with the loss of committee chairmanships, as was the case with Rangel.
But Weiner joins a long list of politicians who have recently revealed improprieties and extramarital flirtations.
The improprieties of fashion are therefore of the absurd and ludicrous kind, and consequently fit subjects of comic ridicule.
Miscellaneous Pieces, in Prose | John AikinWhy should elections be scenes of tumult, or parliaments free fields for imbecile improprieties?
The College, the Market, and the Court | Caroline H. DallDid my father reprove my improprieties, she petted me, and denounced him.
Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia | William Gilmore SimmsThe Pictures of the nine Worthies are not unquestionable, and to critical spectators may seem to contain sundry improprieties.
The Works of Sir Thomas Browne (Volume 2 of 3) | Thomas BrowneIt's all very well with a curate, whom you have under your own eye and whom you can get rid of if he persists in improprieties.
Barchester Towers | Anthony Trollope
British Dictionary definitions for impropriety
/ (ˌɪmprəˈpraɪɪtɪ) /
lack of propriety; indecency; indecorum
an improper act or use
the state of being improper
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