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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 mistake
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
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
They haven’t been accused of any impropriety themselves, but their father, Andrew, was arrested for suspicion of misconduct in public office, and their mother, Fergie, featured heavily in the Epstein files.
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Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
18 May 2026
Any student accused of impropriety comes before a jury of their peers.
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Rose Horowitch,
The Atlantic,
12 May 2026
Both camps denied any impropriety, claims initially backed up by The Athletic.
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Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
11 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for impropriety
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2026
They haven’t been accused of any impropriety themselves, but their father, Andrew, was arrested for suspicion of misconduct in public office, and their mother, Fergie, featured heavily in the Epstein files.
—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
18 May 2026
Any student accused of impropriety comes before a jury of their peers.
—
Rose Horowitch,
The Atlantic,
12 May 2026
Both camps denied any impropriety, claims initially backed up by The Athletic.
—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
11 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for impropriety
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impropriety
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Musk attempted to color Altman as a uniquely unsuitable supervisor of this technology, but this invariably invited further scrutiny into his own abject unfitness for the role.
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The real issue is Alvero’s unfitness for his office.
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That ended his day after five innings of one-run ball, with just one mistake — a slider that Manny Machado clobbered for a solo homer — against him.
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Will this turn into a tragic mistake Daemon soon regrets?
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Perfection alienates; wrongness invites.
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In the 1940s and 50s, Pym’s spinsters had occupied a status of respectable wrongness.
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No disrespect to Meredith Marks, of course, but this Bravo DJ epidemic has gotten out of control.
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Managers frequently mistake flexibility for a weak work ethic, mental health discussions for fragility, transparency for disrespect, and feedback requests for neediness.
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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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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has also fallen foul of Germany’s World Cup elimination by Paraguay, after stumbling into a social media debacle following a communications blunder.
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That, however, is nothing now compared to the far larger incorrectness of the rulers of a significant number of the most powerful nations on earth.
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Their sly and winning songwriting deftly embraced more than a wink-wink, nudge-nudge of shrewd parody and unabashed social incorrectness.
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No, the Heat would never go there, a flat-out, from-the-start commitment to lottery odds no matter the unseemliness of it all.
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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.
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“Impropriety.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impropriety. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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