indecorous

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

Freq #117564

Meanings

1

adj
lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct

Indecorous behavior.
2

adj
Improper, immodest, or indecent.

Fact is that papers being locked away for 50-plus years is indecorous.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · lacking propriety and good... indelicate

Opposites

decorous

Etymology

By surface analysis, in- + decorous; or, Latin indecōrus.

Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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