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indecorous adjective [ ɪnˈdɛk(ə)rəs ]

• not in keeping with good taste and propriety; improper.
• "a pub crawl with sundry indecorous adventures"
Similar: improper, unseemly, unbecoming, undignified, immodest, indecent, indelicate, indiscreet, immoral, shameless, loose, wanton, unvirtuous, inappropriate, incorrect, wrong, unsuitable, inapt, inapposite, undesirable, unfitting, out of keeping, unacceptable, impolite, discourteous, in bad taste, ill-bred, ill-mannered, beyond the pale,
Opposite: decorous,
Origin: late 17th century: from Latin indecorus (from in- ‘not’ + decorus ‘seemly’) + -ous.


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