impropriety
noun, plural im·pro·pri·e·ties for 4, 5.
Origin of impropriety
Related Words for impropriety
indecency, goof, incorrectness, vulgarity, solecism, incongruity, blunder, vulgarism, slip, rudeness, gaffe, barbarism, indecorum, impudence, gaucherie, immodesty, ineleganceExamples from the Web for impropriety
Contemporary Examples of impropriety
In these two cases, something other than ideology was, at least ostensibly, at stake—qualifications or some kind of impropriety.
At some funds, the mere suggestion of impropriety can prove fatal, as investors flee.
John Barry on the lonely life of the general—and the early hints of impropriety.
So far Mitt Romney has run a careful, disciplined campaign that has avoided the slightest whiff of impropriety.
Romney Accepts Maximum Campaign Donation From Man Whose Company Owns PenthouseBen Jacobs
February 11, 2012
Hoover preached that even the appearance of impropriety must be avoided.
Historical Examples of impropriety
It was not a wise thing to do, but her anger prevented her from seeing its impropriety.
Weighed and WantingGeorge MacDonald
The impropriety of the whole proceeding had only struck her as she opened the door.
His MasterpieceEmile Zola
Madame, you see, despaired by now of controlling the impropriety of her niece's expressions.
ScaramoucheRafael Sabatini
I think there is now no impropriety in stating that it is to her that the poem "Memories" refers.
Whittier-landSamuel T. Pickard
There was, then, an impropriety in my living at Aix as I did?
Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2)Charles James Lever