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Thesaurus: indecorous

Not decorous; violating good manners; contrary to good breeding or etiquette; unbecoming; improper; out of place; as, indecorous conduct.

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  1. a. Not decorous; violating good manners; contrary to good breeding or etiquette; unbecoming; improper; out of place; as, indecorous conduct.
  2. adj. lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct
  3. adj. not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society
  4. 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.
  5. Not decorous; violating good manners; contrary to good breedingor etiquette; unbecoming; improper; out of place; as, indecorousconduct.It was useless and indecorous to attempt anything more by merestruggle. Burke.
  6. j:100 a. lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct