impropriety en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌɪm.pɹəˈpɹaɪ.ɪ.ti/
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Etymology
From French impropriété, from Latin improprietās. By surface analysis, improper + -iety or im- + propriety.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The condition of being improper.
To see the impropriety of this noninformative prior, note that the posterior results (2.19)–(2.22) can be justified by as [sic] combining the likelihood function with the following ‘prior density’: […]
2003, Gary Koop, Bayesian Econometrics (John Wiley & Sons Ltd.), p. 23If so many ladies of rank wrote books, there could be no impropriety in her following their example,...
1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], “(please specify the page)”, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 295–296:
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(countable) An improper act.
Still, public confidence in the CDC continued to be shaken by allegations in the press, and U.S. Senator Lowel Weicker […] grew concerned about the suspected improprieties.
1986 February 15, Elizabeth Pincus, “The CDC: When Politics & Egos Hamper Saving Lives”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 39, page 1:Bayh and his supporters ended up maintaining that it was no longer sufficient that a nominee had not engaged in any impropriety; now there must be no "appearance" of impropriety. Thus opponents of a nominee could raise an "appearance" of impropriety by false charges and thereby defeat him. It was a vicious circle: the nominee would not be condemned for what he had done but for what he had been accused of having done by his detractors.
1978, Richard Nixon, RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon, Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 421:
- (countable, uncountable) Improper language.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| improprieties | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
indecency · dishonour · unuprightness · unrightfulness · ungodliness · wickedness · undecency · unrighteousness · unseemliness · unhonour · immorality · dishonour · unprobity · unseemliness · unsaintliness · unpropriety · unvirtuousness · indecency · improbity · impropriety
Translations (14)
de Fehlverhalten (Improper act) · es impropiedad (being improper) · de Unanständigkeit (being improper) · de Ungebührlichkeit (being improper) · el ακοσμία (being improper) · es impropriedad (being improper) · gv anoyr (being improper) · gv neughoaiys (being improper) · gv meechiartys (being improper) · bg непристоен език (Improper language) · gv neuyeshid (being improper) · de Ungehörigkeit (Improper act) · bg неуместност (being improper) · de Ungehörigkeit (being improper)