as in blunders
a socially improper or unsuitable act or remark
such improprieties as asking people how much money they make
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Recent Examples of improprieties
During Monday’s meeting trustees forcefully pushed back on the suggestion that there were governance improprieties.
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Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2026
County Clerk Anthony Vega said in an interview on Wednesday that his office has the necessary sophisticated equipment to discern voting improprieties.
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Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2026
Based on evidence found in the initial weeks, the school and law firm still needed actual proof of improprieties, and not having to base their claims on scuttlebutt around the facility.
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Trey Wallace Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2026
Stewart’s successor, Mayor Bobby Sanchez, a Democrat, suspended Blogoslawski in February amid allegations of improprieties, including the careless handling of cash and the backdating of tax payments to avoid interest penalties.
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Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
30 Apr. 2026
An attorney for Eastman had countered that his client wasn't trying to steal the election but was considering ways to delay electoral vote counting so states could investigate allegations of voting improprieties.
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ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
Clark, who had spent more than a dozen years as the union’s executive director, is also under federal investigation by the Eastern District of New York for allegations of financial improprieties and misuse of union funds.
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Shawn McFarland,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Feb. 2026
Emily Parker and her husband, Chase Parker — then league president — were forced from the board in October after allegations of her financial improprieties came to light.
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St. John Barned-Smith,
San Francisco Chronicle,
14 Feb. 2026
Evans said investigators were examining whether election improprieties in Fulton County amounted to violations of federal statutes governing the preservation of election records and the knowing deprivation of a fair election.
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Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Feb. 2026
Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2026
County Clerk Anthony Vega said in an interview on Wednesday that his office has the necessary sophisticated equipment to discern voting improprieties.
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Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2026
Based on evidence found in the initial weeks, the school and law firm still needed actual proof of improprieties, and not having to base their claims on scuttlebutt around the facility.
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Trey Wallace Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2026
Stewart’s successor, Mayor Bobby Sanchez, a Democrat, suspended Blogoslawski in February amid allegations of improprieties, including the careless handling of cash and the backdating of tax payments to avoid interest penalties.
—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
30 Apr. 2026
An attorney for Eastman had countered that his client wasn't trying to steal the election but was considering ways to delay electoral vote counting so states could investigate allegations of voting improprieties.
—
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
Clark, who had spent more than a dozen years as the union’s executive director, is also under federal investigation by the Eastern District of New York for allegations of financial improprieties and misuse of union funds.
—
Shawn McFarland,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Feb. 2026
Emily Parker and her husband, Chase Parker — then league president — were forced from the board in October after allegations of her financial improprieties came to light.
—
St. John Barned-Smith,
San Francisco Chronicle,
14 Feb. 2026
Evans said investigators were examining whether election improprieties in Fulton County amounted to violations of federal statutes governing the preservation of election records and the knowing deprivation of a fair election.
—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for improprieties
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Sometimes this was committed to good, such as the Marshall Plan and the Peace Corps, and sometimes to ill, as in a series of military blunders meant to quash godless Communism.
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Colorado's rally offset a pair of baserunning blunders that ended the eighth.
Noun
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Acknowledging and even criticizing our mistakes of the past doesn’t cheapen one’s love for the United States.
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You are allowed to make three mistakes but fail a fourth time and the game ends with the answers being revealed.
Noun
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Eventually, Batula moved past Cooke’s indiscretions and married him in 2021.
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History is littered with the careers of politicians who committed crimes or engaged in moral indiscretions and then tried to lie their way out of public shame.
Noun
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Tigers rookies Hao-Yu Lee and Kevin McGonigle drove in two runs apiece after errors by third baseman José Caballero and left fielder Cody Bellinger.
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The Giants used three infield hits and two errors to score a pair of runs against Sale in the sixth inning, then Matt Chapman’s double set up Luis Arraez’s sacrifice fly in the seventh.
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Or all the times Republicans went after former President Joe Biden’s gaffes?
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Canseco's misplay – one of the most infamous gaffes in sports history – similarly resulted in a home run for the other team.
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“Improprieties.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/improprieties. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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