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improbity

 
Dictionary: im·pro·bi·ty   (ĭm-prō'bĭ-tē) pronunciation
n.
Lack of probity; dishonesty.

[Middle English improbite, shameless persistence, from Old French, dishonesty, from Latin improbitās, from improbus, dishonest : in-, not; see in-1 + probus, honest, good.]


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noun

  1. Departure from what is legally, ethically, and morally correct: corruption, corruptness, dishonesty. Informal crookedness. See honest/dishonest.
  2. Lack of integrity: dishonesty. See honest/dishonest.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - uhæderlighed, uredelighed

Nederlands (Dutch)
onoprechtheid

Français (French)
n. - qui manque de probité, malhonnête

Deutsch (German)
n. - Unaufrichtigkeit, Schlechtigkeit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ανεντιμότητα, φαυλότητα, αχρειότητα

Italiano (Italian)
slealtà

Português (Portuguese)
n. - desonestidade (f)

Русский (Russian)
нечестность

Español (Spanish)
n. - improbidad, deshonestidad

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - oredlighet, ohederlighet

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
邪恶, 不正直

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 邪惡, 不正直

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 사악, 부정직

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 不正直, 邪悪

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عدم الاستقامه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮רשעות, חוסר יושר, מעשה רע‬


 
 
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