Impropriety

/ˌɪm.pɹəˈpɹaɪ.ɪ.ti/ · noun

Meaning

(uncountable) The condition of being improper..

Definitions by Sense

1. (uncountable) The condition of being improper.
2. (countable) An improper act.
3. Improper language.

Example Sentences

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’: […]

If so many ladies of rank wrote books, there could be no impropriety in her following their example,...

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.

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• improprieties

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