Meaning

3 senses
  1. Offensive to good taste.

    indecent comment

    indecent videos

    unanständig

    неприли́чныйneprilíčnyj, непристо́йныйnepristójnyj

    непристо́йнийneprystójnyj

    offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters

  2. Not in keeping with conventional moral values; improper, immodest, or unseemly.

    unanständig, unkonventionell, unschicklich

    неприли́чныйneprilíčnyj, неподоба́ющийnepodobájuščij

  3. Generally unacceptable for public broadcasting but not legally obscene.

Examples

23 sentences
  1. Tom has been arrested for indecent exposure.

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  2. He has given us indecent wages.

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  3. He was charged with indecent exposure.

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  4. He was arrested for indecent exposure.

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  5. Jessica dressed like an indecent woman.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
offensive to good taste:
Русский
By meaning 2
offensive to good taste:
not in keeping with conventional moral values:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
offensive to good taste:
not in keeping with conventional moral values:

Origin

From in- + decent.

From in- + decent.

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Forms

more indecent, most indecent
Comparativemore indecent Lesson
Superlativemost indecent Lesson

regular

Synonyms

13 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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