indelicate

See also: indélicate

English

Etymology

in- +‎ delicate

Adjective

indelicate (comparative more indelicate, superlative most indelicate)

  1. Improper or immodest.
    • 2023 July 14, Wikipedia contributors, “Funk”, in English Wikipedia‎, Wikimedia Foundation:
      As late as the 1950s and early 1960s, when "funk" and "funky" were used increasingly in the context of jazz music, the terms still were considered indelicate and inappropriate for use in polite company.
  2. Coarse or tasteless.
  3. Tactless or undiplomatic.

Translations

Italian

Adjective

indelicate

  1. feminine plural of indelicato

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