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indecorum noun [ ˌɪndɪˈkɔːrəm ]

• failure to conform to good taste, propriety, or etiquette.
Similar: impropriety, unseemliness, unbecomingness, indignity, immodesty, indecency, indelicacy, indiscretion, immorality, shamelessness, inappropriateness, incorrectness, unsuitability, inaptness, inappositeness, undesirability, unacceptability, impoliteness, discourtesy, bad taste, ill breeding, bad manners, improperness,
Opposite: decorum,
Origin: late 16th century (denoting an indecorous act): from Latin, neuter of indecorus (see indecorous).


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