indecorous

English

Etymology

By surface analysis, in- +‎ decorous; or, Latin indecōrus.

Adjective

indecorous (comparative more indecorous, superlative most indecorous)

Improper, immodest, or indecent.
- 2021, Gabe Roth, quoted in: Tony Mauro, The Marble Palace Blog: Seven Years of Trying to Fix the Supreme Court, in: The National Law Journal, December 15 2021
  Fact is that papers being locked away for 50-plus years is indecorous.

Antonyms

decorous

Translations

improper

Bulgarian: неблагоприличен (bg) (neblagopriličen), неподобаващ (bg) (nepodobavašt)
Finnish: sopimaton (fi)
Georgian: უდიერი (udieri)
Swedish: opassande (sv), otillbörlig (sv), otillständig (sv)

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