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indelicate
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adjective (a)

  • lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct(adj.all)
    Synonym:
    indecorous
    Antonym:
    decorous
    source: wordnet30
  • Not delicate; wanting delicacy; offensive to good manners, or to purity of mind; coarse; rude; as, an indelicate word or suggestion; indelicate behavior.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent(adj.all)
    Example:
    An indelicate remark.
    Synonym:
    off-color, off-colour
    source: wordnet30
  • verging on the indecent(adj.all)
    Example:
    An indelicate proposition.
    source: wordnet30
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