[
US
/ˌɪmpɹəˈpɹaɪəti/
]
[ UK /ɪmpɹəpɹˈaɪəti/ ]
[ UK /ɪmpɹəpɹˈaɪəti/ ]
NOUN
- the condition of being improper
- an improper demeanor
- an act of undue intimacy
- an indecent or improper act
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.