indelicate
adjective
offensive to a sense of generally accepted propriety, modesty, or decency; improper, unrefined, or coarse.
indelicately
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a word derived from
indelicate.
Example Sentences
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The less exciting powers are often comic in their own right, such as one character’s ability to produce 3-D copies, laboriously and indelicately, from his own body.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2023
Alden’s original inspiration, he says in the program notes, was the famous gold-laced bathroom in a certain Manhattan tower and its indelicately boastful occupant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2020
Because 100 percent is all the percent available, Sullivan shared those thoughts with the officiating crew, perhaps a bit indelicately.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2018
Photograph by Mark Peckmezian for Bloomberg BusinessweekThe view of Central Park that Barnett indelicately calls “the money shot”
From BusinessWeek ● Oct. 2, 2014
And there was another pause while everyone tried to comfort Queen Neferbeth, who got all upset when Ramose spoke indelicately about “taking out the guts.”
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
