impropriety

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impropriety

/ˌɪm.pɹəˈpɹaɪ.ɪ.ti/

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

noun improprieties

uncountable The condition of being improper. If so many ladies of rank wrote books, there could be no impropriety in her following their example,...
Similar: dishonour, indecency, unseemliness, immorality, improbity, impropriety, undecency, ungodliness, unhonour, unprobity, unpropriety, unrighteousness
countable An improper act. 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
countable, uncountable Improper language.

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noun being improper

Español	impropriedad, impropiedad
Deutsch	Ungehörigkeit, Unanständigkeit, Ungebührlichkeit
Ελληνικά	ακοσμία akosmía

noun Improper act

Deutsch	Fehlverhalten, Ungehörigkeit

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@misc{impropriety_2026,
  title = {impropriety},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/impropriety},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}