Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Indecorous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Indecorous \In`de*co"rous\ (?; 277), a. [L. indecorous. See
{In-} not, and {Decorous}.]
Not decorous; violating good manners; contrary to good
breeding or etiquette; unbecoming; improper; out of place;
as, indecorous conduct.
It was useless and indecorous to attempt anything more
by mere struggle. --Burke.
Syn: Unbecoming; unseemly; unbefitting; rude; coarse;
impolite; uncivil; ill-bred.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
indecorous
adj 1: lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct;
"indecorous behavior" [syn: {indelicate}] [ant: {decorous}]
2: not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or
proper in polite society; "was buried with indecent
haste"; "indecorous behavior"; "language unbecoming to a
lady"; "unseemly to use profanity"; "moved to curb their
untoward ribaldry" [syn: {indecent}, {unbecoming}, {uncomely},
{unseemly}, {untoward}]
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