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Not delicate; wanting delicacy; offensive to good manners, or to purity of mind; coarse; rude; as, an indelicate word or suggestion; indelicate behavior.

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  1. a. Not word/delicate">delicate; word/wanting">wanting delicacy; offensive to good manners, or to purity of mind; coarse; rude; as, an indelicate word or suggestion; indelicate behavior.
  2. adj. in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent
  3. adj. lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct
  4. adj. verging on the indecent
  5. Not word/delicate">delicate; word/wanting">wanting delicacy; offensive to good manners, or to purity of mind; coarse; rude; as, an indelicate word or suggestion; indelicate behavior. Macaulay. -- In*del"i*cate*ly, adv. Syn. -- Indecorous; unbecoming; unseemly; rude; coarse; broad; impolite; gross; indecent; offensive; improper; unchaste; impure; unrefined.
  6. Not word/delicate">delicate; word/wanting">wanting delicacy; offensive to good manners, orto purity of mind; coarse; rude; as, an indelicate word orsuggestion; indelicate behavior. Macaulay.-- In*del"i*cate*ly, adv.
  7. j:100 s. in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent s. verging on the indecent