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• Impropriety — Im pro*pri e*ty, n.; pl. {Improprieties}. [L. improprietas; cf. F. impropri[ e]t[ e]. See {Improper}.] 1. The quality of being improper; unfitness or unsuitableness to character, time place, or circumstances; as, impropriety of behavior or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• impropriety — Synonyms and related words: Babbittry, Gothicism, aberrance, aberrancy, abnormality, anomaly, atrocity, bad taste, badness, barbarism, barbarousness, blunder, bombasticness, bourgeois taste, breach, cacology, cacophony, camp, campiness,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• impropriety — noun (plural ties) Etymology: French or Late Latin; French impropriété, from Late Latin improprietat , improprietas, from Latin improprius Date: 1607 1. an improper or indecorous act or remark; especially an unacceptable use of a word or of… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• impropriety — /im preuh pruy i tee/, n., pl. improprieties for 4, 5. 1. the quality or condition of being improper; incorrectness. 2. inappropriateness; unsuitableness. 3. unseemliness; indecorousness. 4. an erroneous or unsuitable expression, act, etc. 5. an… …   Universalium

• impropriety — noun a) The condition of being improper. b) An improper act …   Wiktionary

• impropriety — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. misbehavior, vulgarity, immodesty; bad manners, indecorum; unfitness, unsuitability. See inexpedience, disagreement, discourtesy. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. unseemliness, incongruity, indecency, blunder; …   English dictionary for students

• impropriety — im·pro·pri·e·ty || ‚ɪmprÉ™ praɪətɪ n. quality of being improper; incorrectness; unsuitableness; improper behavior; improper word or act …   English contemporary dictionary

• impropriety — im•pro•pri•e•ty [[t]ˌɪm prəˈpraɪ ɪ ti[/t]] n. pl. ties 1) the quality or condition of being improper 2) inappropriateness; unsuitableness 3) unseemliness; indecorousness 4) an erroneous or unsuitable expression or act 5) an improper use of… …   From formal English to slang

• impropriety — /ɪmprəˈpraɪəti / (say impruh pruyuhtee) noun (plural improprieties) 1. the quality of being improper; incorrectness. 2. inappropriateness. 3. unseemliness. 4. an erroneous or unsuitable expression, act, etc. 5. an improper use of a word. {French… …  

• wrongful act — I noun breach, breach of legal duty, civil wrong, contravention, delinquency, dereliction, dereliction of duty, guilty act, illegality, impropriety, injustice, malefaction, malpractice, misbehavior, misconduct, misdeed, misdoing, misfeasance,… …   Law dictionary

• National Weather Service Duties Act of 2005 — The National Weather Service Duties Act of 2005 was a legislative proposal forwarded in April 2005 by now former United States Senator Rick Santorum (R PA) to curtail perceived government competition with commercial weather services from the… …   Wikipedia