impropriety
noun/ˌɪmprəˈpraɪəti/
/ˌɪmprəˈpraɪəti/
[uncountable, countable] (plural improprieties)
(formal)- behaviour or actions that are dishonest, morally wrong or not appropriate for a person in a position of responsibility
- There was no evidence of impropriety.
- accusations of financial impropriety
- He said that he would resign his post if the public felt he had engaged in improprieties.
Extra Examples- Parliament was accused of constitutional impropriety.
- There is no suggestion of impropriety by the minister.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- financial
- procedural
- sexual
- …
- commit
- accuse somebody of
- a suggestion of impropriety
Word Originearly 17th cent. (also in the sense ‘inaccuracy’): from French impropriété or Latin improprietas, from improprius, from in- ‘not’ + proprius ‘one's own, proper’.Definitions on the go
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