improperness

NOUN

impropriety

Synonyms

STRONG

barbarism blunder gaffe gaucherie goof immodesty impudence inappropriateness incongruity incorrectness indecency indecorum inelegance rudeness slip solecism unbecomingness unfitness unseemliness unsuitability unsuitableness vulgarism vulgarity

WEAK

faux pas

Antonyms

STRONG

correction decency

Example Sentences

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And so did change from her intent; yet with no improperness of modesty; but only with a niceness of Sense, which she did make no talk of; but yet did have.

From The Night Land by Hodgson, William Hope

improperness

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