improbity
/ɪmˈprəʊbɪti
/ /ɪmˈprɒbɪti/noun [mass noun] formal
Lack of honesty and moral integrity.It is the keenest spur to exertion and the surest of all guards against improbity....
- The ruling party has distorted the history of the liberation struggle in this country beyond fiction, bigotry and improbity.
- ‘She does not accept red envelopes or construction kickbacks, indeed, never commits any form of improbity,’ he said.
Origin
Late 16th century: from Latin improbitas, from improbus 'wicked', from in- 'not' + probus 'good'. Compare with probity.
Rhymes
- pass coverage
- pass defence
- pass defense
- pass deflection
- pass degree
- pass door
- passecaille
- passecalle
- Passe Crasanne
- Passe Crassane
- passed ball
- passed-down
- passed master
- passed-on
- passed-out
- passed-over
- passed pawn
- passeggiata
- passeguard
- passel
- passement
- passementerie
- Passendale
- Passendale, Battle of
- passenger