adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Improper, immodest, or indecent.

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

Adjective

1. 1
   lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct wordnet
2. 2
   not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society wordnet

Synonyms

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unbecomingaberrantabnormalabominableatrociousbad

Antonyms

All antonyms

decorousproper

Example

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

Etymology

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

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