indecent

UK: /ɪnˈdiːs^ənt/ US: /ɪnˈdisənt/ ,(in dē′sənt)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

in•de•cent /ɪnˈdisənt/   adj. 

1. not decent;
   offending standards of what is right or proper, esp. in matters dealing with sex:
   indecent language.
2. lacking common decency;
   in bad taste:
   After the funeral he tried with indecent haste to get the inheritance money.

in•de•cent•ly, adv.: 

indecently exposed.

See -dece-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

in•de•cent  (in dē′sənt), adj. 

1. offending against generally accepted standards of propriety or good taste;
   improper;
   vulgar:
   indecent jokes;
   indecent language;
   indecent behavior.
2. not decent;
   unbecoming or unseemly:
   indecent haste.

• Latin indecent- (stem of indecēns) unseemly. See in-³, decent
• 1555–65

in•de′cent•ly, adv. 
Synonyms

• 1. distasteful, immodest, indecorous, indelicate; coarse, outrageous, rude, gross; obscene, filthy, lewd, licentious. See improper. 
• 2. inappropriate.

Antonyms

• 2. appropriate; becoming.

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indecent / ɪnˈdiːs^ənt/ adjective

1. offensive to standards of decency, esp in sexual matters
2. unseemly or improper (esp in the phrase indecent haste)

inˈdecently adverb