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Impropriety

//ˌɪm.pɹəˈpɹaɪ.ɪ.ti// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of being improper. uncountable

    "If so many ladies of rank wrote books, there could be no impropriety in her following their example,..."

  2. 2
    an act of undue intimacy wordnet
  3. 3
    An improper act. countable

    "Bayh and his supporters ended up maintaining that it was no longer sufficient that a nominee had not engaged in any impropriety; now there must be no "appearance" of impropriety. Thus opponents of a nominee could raise an "appearance" of impropriety by false charges and thereby defeat him. It was a vicious circle: the nominee would not be condemned for what he had done but for what he had been accused of having done by his detractors."

  4. 4
    an indecent or improper act wordnet
  5. 5
    Improper language. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    an improper demeanor wordnet
  2. 7
    the condition of being improper wordnet

Etymology

From French impropriété, from Latin improprietās. By surface analysis, improper + -iety or im- + propriety.

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