impropriety
/ˌɪm.pɹəˈpɹaɪ.ɪ.ti/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.75 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "If so many ladies of rank wrote books, there could be no impropriety in her following their example,..."
- "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’: […]"
- "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."
- "Still, public confidence in the CDC continued to be shaken by allegations in the press, and U.S. Senator Lowel Weicker […] grew concerned about the suspected improprieties."
Etymology
From French impropriété, from Latin improprietās. By surface analysis, improper + -iety or im- + propriety.
Word Breakdown
- Root: *preyH-