indelicacy

[ in-del-i-kuh-see ]

noun

, plural in·del·i·ca·cies

1. the quality or condition of being indelicate.
2. something indelicate, as language or behavior.

Word History and Origins

Origin of indelicacy¹

First recorded in 1705–15; in- ³ + delicacy

Example Sentences

As for the indelicacy and folly of leaving such documents to chance, he cursed it sorely.

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There was an indelicacy about the General's speech, to her manner of thinking.

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Winona had been quite unpleasantly shocked at Dave's indelicacy, but her mother had been frivolous throughout the affair.

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Such an interchange of the terms would imply arrogance or indelicacy.

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In that case the under garments are never taken off, and no consciousness of impropriety or indelicacy of feeling is manifested.

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