indelicacy
Americannoun
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the quality or condition of being indelicate.
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something indelicate, as language or behavior.
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Almost every interviewer he has faced has tried to lure him into some sort of indelicacy.
From The Guardian • Oct. 20, 2020
His indelicacy made him poorly suited to enter the charged world of wolf politics.
From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2018
It was an accusation against a close U.S. ally that had never been voiced so publicly and with such indelicacy.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2017
"We are mortified and grieved that he should have been guilty of such great indelicacy and impropriety," said the New York Courier and Enquirer, then the country's most popular paper.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2012
“But there seems an indelicacy in directing his attentions towards her so soon after this event.”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
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