impropriety

n.

不得体；不适当；不得体的举止；不正确

复数：improprieties

1. He waved off suggestions of impropriety.
   他撤消了不适当的建议。
2. The investigation revealed no impropriety.
   调查表明没有不正当的做法.
3. They were shocked by the impropriety of the young man's action.
   他们为那年轻人的不当举止而感到震惊。
4. Impropriety is the soul of wit.
   用词不当是打趣话的精髓。
5. I was surprised by the impropriety of his remarks.
   他的话不得体,我听了很诧异。
6. They were shocked by the impropriety of the young man's action.
   他们为那年轻人的不当举止而感到震惊。

Apparent impropriety and procedural fairness judgments ☆
On Testing for Impropriety of Complex-Valued Gaussian Vectors
On testing for impropriety of complex-valued Gaussian vectors
Bounds on the Degree of Impropriety of Complex Random Vectors
Locating Impropriety: Street Drinking, Moral Order, and the Ideological Dilemma of Public Space
Locating impropriety : street drinking, moral order and the ideological dilemma of public space.
A generalized likelihood ratio test for impropriety of complex signals
A Grötzsch-Type Theorem For List Colourings With Impropriety One.
Complex-Valued Signal Processing: The Proper Way to Deal With Impropriety
Complex-Valued Signal Processing: The Proper Way to Deal With Impropriety