noun
- behaviors or actions that are inappropriate, incorrect, or not in accordance with accepted standards of morality or good conduct
Usage: plural form of impropriety
Examples
- The committee investigated several financial improprieties in the company’s accounting practices.
- His improprieties at the formal dinner embarrassed his colleagues.
- The audit revealed numerous improprieties in the handling of public funds.
- She was dismissed for various professional improprieties.
- The newspaper exposed the politician’s ethical improprieties.
- The school board addressed concerns about improprieties in the hiring process.