English-Thai Dictionary

impropriety

N ความ ไม่เหมาะสม  ความไม่ถูกต้อง  indecency unseemliness decency propriety seemliness kwam-mai-mor-som

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IMPROPRIETY

n.[L. improprius. See Improper. ] 1. Unfitness; unsuitableness to character, time, place or circumstances; as impropriety of behavior or manners. Levity of conduct is an impropriety in a religious assembly and at a funeral. Rudeness or forwardness in young persons before their superiors, is impropriety. Indecency and indecorum are improprieties.
2. Inaccuracy in language; a word or phrase not according with the established usages or principles of speaking or writing.
Many gross improprieties, however authorized by practice, ought to be discarded.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

IMPROPRIETY

Im `pro *pri "e *ty, n.; pl. Improprieties. Etym: [L. improprietas; cf. F. impropriété. See Improper. ]

 

1. The quality of being improper; unfitness or unsuitableness to character, time place, or circumstances; as, improperiety of behavior or manners.

 

2. That which is improper; an unsuitable or improper act, or an inaccurate use of language. But every language has likewise its improprieties and absurdities. Johnson. Many gross improprieties, however authorized by practice, ought to be discarded. Swift.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

impropriety

im pro pri e ty |ˌimprəˈprī -itē ˈˌɪmprəˈpraɪədi | ▶noun ( pl. improprieties ) a failure to observe standards or show due honesty or modesty; improper language, behavior, or character: she was scandalized at the impropriety of the question | there are no demonstrable legal improprieties. ORIGIN early 17th cent. (also in the sense ‘inaccuracy, incorrectness ’): from French impropriété or Latin improprietas, from improprius (see improper ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

impropriety

impropriety |ˌɪmprəˈprʌɪəti | ▶noun ( pl. improprieties ) [ mass noun ] failure to observe standards of honesty or modesty; improper behaviour or character: she was scandalized at the impropriety of the question | [ count noun ] : there are no demonstrable legal improprieties. ORIGIN early 17th cent. (also in the sense ‘inaccuracy ’): from French impropriété or Latin improprietas, from improprius (see improper ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

impropriety

impropriety noun 1 a suggestion of impropriety: wrongdoing, misconduct, dishonesty, corruption, unscrupulousness, unprofessionalism, irregularity; unseemliness, indecorousness, indelicacy, indecency, immorality. 2 fiscal improprieties: transgression, misdemeanor, offense, misdeed, misconduct, crime; indiscretion, mistake, peccadillo, solecism; archaic trespass.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

impropriety

impropriety noun 1 he was outraged at any suggestion of impropriety: wrongdoing, misconduct, dishonesty, corruption, unscrupulousness, illegitimacy, unprofessionalism, irregularity; inappropriateness; unseemliness, indecorousness, indiscretion, indelicacy, injudiciousness, indecency, immorality, unwholesomeness, immodesty, indecorum, bad taste, impoliteness. ANTONYMS propriety. 2 the director was jailed for a list of fiscal improprieties: transgression, misdemeanour, offence, misdeed, improper act, sin, crime, felony; indiscretion, mistake, slip, error, blunder, lapse, peccadillo; archaic trespass.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

impropriety

im pro pri e ty /ɪ̀mprəprá (ɪ )əti /名詞 複 -ties ｟かたく ｠1 U 不適当, 不相応, 妥当でないこと ; 不正 ; 不正確 ; C 誤用 .2 U 下品, 無作法 ; C 無作法な言動 .