impropriety
im‧pro‧pri‧e‧ty /ˌɪmprəˈpraɪəti, ˌɪmprəˈpraɪɪti/ noun (plural improprieties) [uncountable and countable]
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Synonyms & Related Wordsimpropriety[noun]Synonyms: indecency, bad taste, incongruity, vulgarity
Antonyms: propriety, seemliness
Contrasted words: becomingness, decency, decorousness, decorum, meetness
Related Words: inadmissibility,
objectionableness,
unacceptableness [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
English Dictionaryim‧pro‧pri‧e‧ty /ˌɪmprəˈpraɪəti, ˌɪmprəˈpraɪɪti/
noun (
plural improprieties)
[uncountable and countable] formal behaviour or an action that is wrong or unacceptable according to moral, social, or professional standards:
Accusations of impropriety were made against the company’s directors. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
Collocationsimpropriety noun ADJ. gross | constitutional, financial, procedural (law),
sexual VERB + IMPROPRIETY commit Several employees were suspended amid allegations that financial improprieties had been committed.
accuse sb of Parliament was was accused of constitutional impropriety. PHRASES a suggestion of impropriety There is no suggestion of impropriety by the minister. [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲