dither, litany, appearance of impropriety

dither

 to delay taking action because you are not sure about what to do

1. We don't have time to dither.
2. She did not dither about what to do next.

**< a very nervous, confused, or excited state

1. <Grandma usually gets in a dither if I don't make my weekly call.>
2. <we were all in a dither while we waited for the test results>  >

• With voters so divided, no wonder politicians dither.
• Yet candidates cannot afford to dither indefinitely.
• As lawmakers dither, public support for action melts away.
The city simply has no time left to dither or filibuster or ignore a problem because the solution is unpleasant.

Thus it is difficult to use high dither frequencies.

The number of dots in an ordered dither cell puts a limit on the number of colors the plotter can produce.

Matching is achieved by a technique known as dither.

Good acquisition librarians do not have to dither about these decisions.

litany

: a prayer in a Christian church service in which the people at the service respond to lines spoken by the person who is leading the service

: a long list of complaints, problems, etc.

1. He has a litany of grievances against his former employer.
2. The team blamed its losses on a litany of injuries.
3. So you can see the litany of atrocities all over the world is growing and I didn't mention the horrors in Afghanistan and the misdeeds of Iran.

appearance of impropriety




The appearance of impropriety is a phrase referring to a situation which to a layperson without knowledge of the specific circumstances might seem to raise ethics questions. For instance, although a person might regularly and reliably collect money for her employer in her personal wallet and later give it to her employer, her putting it in her personal wallet may appear improper and give rise to suspicion, etc. It is common business practice to avoid even the appearance of impropriety.




GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt must know that there is an appearance of impropriety here.