Definition of "impropriety" in English

noun

1. (uncountable) The condition of being improper.

   • To see the impropriety of this noninformative prior, note that the posterior results (2.19)–(2.22) can be justified by as [sic] combining the likelihood function with the following ‘prior density’: […]

2. (countable) An improper act.

3. Improper language.