a failure to observe standards or show due honesty or modesty; improper behaviour or character
不适当,不正直,不谦虚;不当行为,不当性
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she was scandalized at the impropriety of the question 问题的不当让她大为愤慨
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[count noun]
there are no demonstrable legal improprieties .没有可证明的法律不当行为。
"early 17th cent. (also in the sense ‘inaccuracy, incorrectness’): from French