indecent

in-de-cent · adjective

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Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Not conforming to accepted standards of morality or behavior; offensive.

  2. 2.

    (law) Involving sexual activity that is considered offensive or inappropriate.

  3. 3.

    Improper or unseemly; in bad taste.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    indecent exposure — The crime of deliberately exposing one's body in public.
  • •
    indecent haste — Excessive or improper speed.

Related words

Antonyms: appropriate, decent, proper
See also: decent, improper, obscene
Synonyms: improper, inappropriate, obscene

Etymology

From Latin indecens ("unseemly, unbecoming"), from in- ("not") + decens ("fitting, proper"), present participle of decere ("to be fitting").