(n.) The quality or state of being indiscreet; want of discretion; imprudence.
(n.) An indiscreet act; indiscreet behavior.
Example Sentences:
(1) "I think if you look at my record since I have been a manager, I have never had any indiscretions whatsoever," Rodgers continued.
(2) Jack Wilshere has sought to highlight his professionalism by posting a video of himself working hard in training, after becoming embroiled in his latest smoking controversy – an indiscretion that has infuriated the Arsenal manager, Arsène Wenger .
(3) The former Big Brother contestant is at the centre of the storm about the use of gagging orders to suppress publication of celebrity sexual indiscretions.
(4) It should be borne in mind that alcohol is the popular explain-all of our culture and as such is used as an excuse for everything from sexual indiscretions to well-planned "impulsive" acts.
(5) Sterling’s indiscretion was not as dangerous but the match officials missed both incidents and retrospective action may follow.
(6) A number of concerns regarding runners' health practices were identified, including running while ill or in pain, incidence of injuries, negative feelings when unable to run, neglect of a conscious cool-down period, low weight levels, and a tendency to increase workouts following perceived dietary indiscretions.
(7) Therefore, it is important to recognize hypersensitivity to sesame seed without delay so that the patient may eliminate the causative agent and use suitable medication in the event of a dietary indiscretion.
(8) Downing Street has called on the Football Association to make an example of Luis Suárez after he was charged with violent conduct for biting Branislav Ivanovic and Liverpool declared their leading striker would not be sold as a result of his latest indiscretion.
(9) Hers is a cautionary tale in an era when it is possible to boast about sexual indiscretions, confess heartbreak or depression, or exact revenge against ex-lovers to a worldwide audience.
(10) The trio's indiscipline follows Moyes having to sanction Chris Smalling for a similar indiscretion at the end of last month.
(11) Saunders has sailed close to crass indiscretion more than once.
(12) But it is unethical and unconstitutional when it is done out of convenience to correct indiscretions.
(13) A foreign secretary, Harold Macmillan observed, is forever poised between cliche and indiscretion.
(14) That turned around as Woods's personal indiscretions emerged but Mickelson still had to go some professionally to capture hearts and minds.
(15) For her to accuse Mrs. Oponyo for indiscretions that have clearly arisen from her personal frustrations that her ego has not been massaged by the state is uncouth, and speaks volumes of a musician who desperately thinks she must generate recognition by bullying state officials instead of playing decent music on the stage.
(16) The dietary indiscretions resulted in severe enteritis (indiscretion enteritis).
(17) Anyway, this is only a minor indiscretion, compared to some of the blabbing I've done, even when I've been trying very hard not to.
(18) In each case toxicity was associated with dietary indiscretion or infection.
(19) Dick White, the head of MI5, told the inquiry that Burgess’s “weakness, including his indiscretion and his homosexual tendencies were well known in MI5 but they had not regarded him as a member of the Communist party or as a possible Soviet agent since they did not think him capable of sustaining such a role”.
(20) The indiscretion let slip an internal debate at Airbus about the future of the world’s largest jetliner.
Peccadillo
Definition:
(n.) A slight trespass or offense; a petty crime or fault.
Example Sentences:
(1) In London, Boris Johnson's peccadilloes are well known.
(2) People were learning more about the peccadilloes of other countries, including the US, and they resented outside criticism.
(3) The problem is that these are no longer the harmless peccadilloes of the super-rich, presented as fundamental to incentivise performance.
(4) "It's just not that important, really," says Tom Abell, chairman of Peccadillo Pictures .
(5) When it is disproportionate punishment for a mishap, gaffe, peccadillo or insensitive remark, it is crude accountability.
(6) Abell says that Peccadillo's cinema releases will also be delayed, even though the actual theatrical prints are digitally sourced and have not been destroyed.
(7) The magazine is widely loathed by Brazil's left, who claim it is inherently biased against the ruling Workers' party and its allies, and pays undue attention to the peccadilloes of politicians from these parties, while brushing over those of its friends.
(8) Facebook Twitter Pinterest In more than a quarter of a century as a fixture on US television, David Letterman has revelled in the peccadilloes and sexual indiscretions of countless public figures.
(9) The publicity material from its distributor, Peccadillo, describes how its lead character, Pietro, encounters ghostly apparitions after moving into a new apartment and refers to the story as a "fantastical comedy that explores themes of love, friendship, and mortality".
(10) Nor does he accept the argument that curtailing the media's freedom to write about the peccadilloes of the rich and famous is tantamount to censorship.
(11) Kazakhstan US cables described the peccadilloes of the Kazakh elite, including the 40-horse stable of Nursultan Nazarbayev, the president, a private Elton John concert for a top politician and an extraordinary midnight dance by the prime minister at a nightclub called Chocolat.
(12) Photograph: Sophia Evans for the Observer Not a euphemism for a sexual peccadillo (see also, pulled pork), but an LA export gaining a foothold in London.
(13) Droo Padhiar, head of publicity of Peccadillo Pictures, the distributor of those films, as well as Stranger By the Lake, says these releases are part of a more liberal attitude to more extreme sex scenes.
(14) Here in South Africa we have been talking about President Zuma's sexual peccadilloes for a long time.
(15) The story of her peccadilloes is well known – her love affairs and her part in a variety of suspected crimes, including the murder of the 14-year-old township activist Stompie Moeketsi Seipei in 1989.
(16) So his own peccadillo was as nothing within the greater realm of human unhappiness.
(17) "It's a huge dent in our business", said Tom Abell, managing director of Peccadillo Pictures, who lost virtually their entire DVD stock of 50-60,000 units.
(18) Stranger By the Lake [which Peccadillo will release in the UK next year] is very much a gay film, whereas A Magnificent Haunting really isn't."
(19) The emphasis was always on the comedy, the foibles and peccadilloes of the characters, a gentle cynicism about the ways of the world, a joy in puns, a love of irritating footnotes, a relish for the bathetic puncturing of the bombastic – and above all an irrepressible and infectious silliness.
(20) Elevated above the need to hold down a job, Fleming spends most of his time lounging around in opulence, developing sexual peccadillos and shopping.