indelicacy
[ in-del-i-kuh-see ]
noun,plural in·del·i·ca·cies for 2.
the quality or condition of being indelicate.
something indelicate, as language or behavior.
Origin of indelicacy
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How to use indelicacy in a sentence
As for the indelicacy and folly of leaving such documents to chance, he cursed it sorely.
Marriage la mode | Mrs. Humphry WardThere was an indelicacy about the General's speech, to her manner of thinking.
Mary Gray | Katharine TynanWinona had been quite unpleasantly shocked at Dave's indelicacy, but her mother had been frivolous throughout the affair.
The Wrong Twin | Harry Leon WilsonSuch an interchange of the terms would imply arrogance or indelicacy.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820 | Henry Rowe SchoolcraftIn that case the under garments are never taken off, and no consciousness of impropriety or indelicacy of feeling is manifested.
A New Guide for Emigrants to the West | J. M. Peck
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