improbity

American  

[im-proh-bi-tee] / ɪmˈproʊ bɪ ti /

noun

1. lack of honesty or moral scruples.

2. Obsolete. perseverance.

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improbity British  

/ ɪmˈprəʊbɪtɪ /

noun

1. dishonesty, wickedness, or unscrupulousness

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Etymology

Origin of improbity

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

Example Sentences

São Paulo state prosecutors announced the case against Haddad on Tuesday, about a week after announcing another civil case against him for administrative improbity.

From The Guardian

The president has not been implicated, though she was chairwoman of the Petrobras board when much of the supposed improbity occurred.

From New York Times

Since 2003, the federal auditor’s office has fired nearly 4,000 employees from public service, most of them on charges of corruption and improbity.

From Newsweek

Howat was hot and cold, and possessed by a subtle sense of improbity, a feeling resembling that of a doubtful advance through the dark, for a questionable end.

From Project Gutenberg

Yet here too there is the stain of intellectual improbity, and it is perhaps all the more mischievous for being partly hidden under the mien of spiritual exaltation.

From Project Gutenberg