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as in unfitness
the quality or state of not being socially proper
the impropriety of the song that the campers sang for the visitors was embarrassing
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as in offence
a socially improper or unsuitable act or remark
such improprieties as asking people how much money they make
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as in wrongness
the quality or state of being unsuitable or unfitting
I see no impropriety in referring to certain anatomical parts by their standard names
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Recent Examples of impropriety
Still, any suggestion of impropriety will no doubt grate within Labour, which is perhaps more sensitive to allegations of improper political contributions than most other parties of late.
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Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024
Zach Manifold, elections supervisor in Gwinnett County, Georgia, outside Atlanta, explained that poll workers must receive official training and swear an oath of office — procedures statutorily required in most states — and can be dismissed for impropriety at any time.
—Phoebe Petrovic, ProPublica, 16 Oct. 2024
As of last July, she was herself placed under investigation and charged with legal improprieties related to her husband, the former president Nicolas Sarkozy, who faces his third criminal trial in 2025 for improper financing of his re-election campaign financing.
—Guy Martin, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
Even before sitting at the nexus of viral success and serious business impropriety, Donaldson has admitted he’s missed the mark sometimes.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2024
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Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024
Zach Manifold, elections supervisor in Gwinnett County, Georgia, outside Atlanta, explained that poll workers must receive official training and swear an oath of office — procedures statutorily required in most states — and can be dismissed for impropriety at any time.
—Phoebe Petrovic, ProPublica, 16 Oct. 2024
As of last July, she was herself placed under investigation and charged with legal improprieties related to her husband, the former president Nicolas Sarkozy, who faces his third criminal trial in 2025 for improper financing of his re-election campaign financing.
—Guy Martin, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
Even before sitting at the nexus of viral success and serious business impropriety, Donaldson has admitted he’s missed the mark sometimes.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impropriety
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Currency with mistakes can also be worth a lot, so be on the lookout for modern dimes without the S mark.Miguel Legoas, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
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But getting the technology to follow open-ended commands reliably remains a challenge, with the risk that errors could translate into costly and hard-to-undo mistakes.Will Knight, WIRED, 11 Dec. 2024
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The praise is rarely as loud as the disrespect when Ange gets it right.Ahmed Walid, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
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Basically that poor enforcement had bred serious disrespect for the law, or at least a misunderstanding of it.Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Sunday, Stroud threw two interceptions and ran out of the back of the end zone while avoiding a pass rusher with 1:13 left, a blunder that resulted in a safety that sealed the Tennessee Titans’ 32-27 victory.Joseph Person, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
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The biggest drama surrounding the Browns this season has nothing to do with quarterback play, personnel decisions or on-field blunders.Troy Smith, Axios, 21 Nov. 2024
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Regardless of sincere apologies years after the indiscretions first occurred, ball players on the Astros were granted immunity during Major League Baseball’s investigation which was met with intense criticism.Wayne G. McDonnell, Jr., Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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In the process, gossip comes to light, and indiscretions ruin the hopes of some.Gerrad Hall, EW.com, 27 Nov. 2024
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By empowering legal teams to achieve accurate, timely SEC compliance, his innovations help companies avoid costly errors and regulatory issues, ultimately supporting investor confidence and market integrity.Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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Externalities can and do bring on higher prices without having anything to do with currency error.John Tamny, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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The result is global English but one without the imprecision and solecism implied by that label.Colin Marshall, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2022
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And a single word couldn’t be a dead giveaway either, no matter how much people would like to portray the use of pled rather than pleaded as an obvious Trumpian solecism, especially when Dowd himself has been documented using pled at least once.Ben Zimmer, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2017
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“Impropriety.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impropriety. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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