impropriety

(ĭm'prə-prī'ĭ-tē)
n., pl., -ties.

1. The quality or condition of being improper.
2. An improper act.
3. An improper or unacceptable usage in speech or writing.

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noun

1. The condition of being improper: improperness, inappropriateness, unbecomingness, unfitness, unseemliness, unsuitability, unsuitableness. See agree/disagree, usual/unusual.
2. An improper act or statement: indecency, indecorum, indelicacy. See usual/unusual.

n

Definition: bad taste, mistake
Antonyms: correctness, propriety, suitability, tastefulness

IN BRIEF: The state of being unfit or inappropriate.

Impropriety is the soul of wit. — William Somerset Maugham, British novelist and playwright.

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See words rhyming with "impropriety."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - usømmelighed, uanstændighed, sjofelhed

Nederlands (Dutch)
ongepastheid, onjuistheid, overtreding

Français (French)
n. - inconvenance, indécence, impropriété, inexactitude

Deutsch (German)
n. - Unrichtigkeit, Ungeeignetheit, Unangemessenheit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - απρέπεια, ακαταλληλότητα

Italiano (Italian)
improprietà, indiscrezione, scorrettezza

Português (Portuguese)
n. - ato (m) impróprio

Русский (Russian)
неуместность, ошибочность, непристойное поведение

Español (Spanish)
n. - falta de decoro, incorrección, impropiedad, indecencia

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - oanständighet, oegentlighet, olämplighet

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
不适当, 不正当的行为, 不得体

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 不適當, 不正當的行為, 不得體

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 부정, 부적당, 부도덕

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 不適当, 不正, 間違い, 無作法

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خطأ, عدم احتشام‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אי נכונות, חוסר הגינות, אי התאמה, מעשה לא יאה‬

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