indecent (s)
indecorous (s)
unbecoming (s)
uncomely (s)
unseemly (s)
untoward (s)

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type s
lex_filenum 00
def not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society
examples was buried with indecent haste
indecorous behavior
language unbecoming to a lady
unseemly to use profanity
moved to curb their untoward ribaldry
Outgoing links
Similar to improper
Derivationally related form unseemly → unseemliness
Derivationally related form unbecoming → unbecomingness
Derivationally related form indecorous → indecorousness
Derivationally related form indecent → indecency; indecent → indecency
Incoming links
Similar to improper
Derived from adjective unbecomingly → unbecoming
Derivationally related form indecency → indecent; indecency → indecent
Derivationally related form indecorousness → indecorous
Derivationally related form unseemliness → unseemly
Derivationally related form unbecomingness → unbecoming

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