Bad manners and Properness

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Bad manners noun - Impoliteness resulting from ignorance.

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Properness is an antonym for bad manners.

Properness noun - The quality or state of being especially suitable or fitting.

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Bad manners is an antonym for properness in decency topic.

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Properness and Bad manners. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bad_manners/properness

Bad manners & Properness. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/bad_manners/properness>.

Properness or Bad manners. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/bad_manners/properness.

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