indecent
pronunciation
How to pronounce indecent in British English:
UK [ɪnˈdiːsnt]
How to pronounce indecent in American English:
US [ɪnˈdiːsnt]
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- Adjective:
- not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society
- offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters
- offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance
Word Origin
- indecent (adj.)
- 1560s, "unbecoming, in bad taste," from French indécent (14c.), from Latin indecentem (nominative indecens), from in- "not, opposite of, without" (see in- (1)) + decens (see decent). Sense of "offending against propriety" is from 1610s. Indecent assault (1861) originally covered sexual assaults other than rape or intended rape, but by 1934 it was being used as a euphemism for "rape." Related: Indecently
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Example
- 1. The fcc says it was indecent .
- 2. For parents who want their children to grow up relatively unexposed to doubt , darwin or indecent lunchroom chatter , home-schooling offers hope .
- 3. These men were spattered with indecent errors and crimes , with depravity - they were blemished and stained .
- 4. Thus dissection was apt to be performed with indecent sometimes with dangerous haste .
- 5. They await trial in june , facing charges of possessing indecent material and insulting the country 's president , robert mugabe .