impropriety

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[ US /ˌɪmpɹəˈpɹaɪəti/ ]
[ UK /ɪmpɹəpɹˈa‍ɪ‍əti/ ]
NOUN
  1. the condition of being improper
  2. an improper demeanor
  3. an act of undue intimacy
  4. an indecent or improper act
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How To Use impropriety In A Sentence

  • They emphasised they are not alleging any impropriety has taken place.
  • But at no time whatsoever have I ever acted dishonestly or with conscious impropriety.
  • There is no suggestion of any financial impropriety at Durham. Times, Sunday Times
  • The Prime Minister has come out in support of Dr Hollingworth's decision not to sack someone from their employment despite enormous impropriety.
  • No sooner were we reseated in the carriage than I began a pathetic remonstrance with Mrs Damer upon the impropriety of her allowing her mad-cap of a sister to turn everything into ridicule and make a laughing stock of everybody.
  • She seemed to have gentlemen admirers, though no impropriety was ever established.
  • Being aware of the indelicacy and impropriety of this positioning they helped Lydia remove herself from her post.
  • You can see how the slightest impropriety would be pounced on as grounds for derision and exclusion.
  • The investigation also found no evidence of impropriety on the part of the admitting tutor. Times, Sunday Times
  • There is no suggestion of any impropriety.
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