improbity

[ im-proh-bi-tee ]

noun

1. lack of honesty or moral scruples.
2. Obsolete. perseverance.

improbity

/ ɪmˈprəʊbɪtɪ /

noun

1. dishonesty, wickedness, or unscrupulousness

Word History and Origins

Origin of improbity¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; im- ²( def ) + probity ( def )

Example Sentences

Would there be some fatal weakness, some insidious improbity, in the nature of those descending from Roland Sefton?

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If the immorality is less gross in the case of religion, there is the stain of intellectual improbity.

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Even in trifles, if the mind and tongue be at variance, there is some kind of improbity.

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