IMPROPRIETIES Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

improprieties

noun

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plural of impropriety

as in blunders

a socially improper or unsuitable act or remark such improprieties as asking people how much money they make

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Recent Examples of improprieties Based on evidence found in the initial weeks, the school and law firm still needed actual proof of improprieties, and not having to base their claims on scuttlebutt around the facility. —

Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026 Stewart’s successor, Mayor Bobby Sanchez, a Democrat, suspended Blogoslawski in February amid allegations of improprieties, including the careless handling of cash and the backdating of tax payments to avoid interest penalties. —

Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2026 An attorney for Eastman had countered that his client wasn't trying to steal the election but was considering ways to delay electoral vote counting so states could investigate allegations of voting improprieties. —

ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026 In 2018, after the Miami Herald published an investigation into Epstein’s crimes, the Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) opened another investigation at the behest of Congress into possible improprieties involving Florida prosecutors. —

Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2026 Clark, who had spent more than a dozen years as the union’s executive director, is also under federal investigation by the Eastern District of New York for allegations of financial improprieties and misuse of union funds. —

Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 18 Feb. 2026 Emily Parker and her husband, Chase Parker — then league president — were forced from the board in October after allegations of her financial improprieties came to light. —

St. John Barned-Smith, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Feb. 2026 Meister and Tracey Repa were both County Clerk’s Office employees who alleged they were fired by then-Clerk Robin O’Connor after meeting with the Sheriff’s Office to share allegations of improprieties in government contracting related to a courthouse expansion project. —

Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026 Evans said investigators were examining whether election improprieties in Fulton County amounted to violations of federal statutes governing the preservation of election records and the knowing deprivation of a fair election. —

Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 10 Feb. 2026

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Although the mom of four appeared to spend the rest of her night faux pas-free, she's had to handle sartorial blunders before.

— Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
There were other conspicuous blunders, like passing from midair out of jumpers and right to Lakers defenders.

— Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 6 May 2026