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Examples of indelicate in a Sentence
Many consider it indelicate to talk about such things in mixed company.
the company considered his indelicate handling of such a personal matter to be unprofessional
Recent Examples of indelicate from the Web
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Is this an indelicate time to mention that the Ramblers beat a Tennessee team missing its shot-blocking center because of injury and beat a Kansas State team missing its top scorer and rebounder because of injury?
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But an indelicate tweet published on the company's Twitter account said Papa John's drew more attention to the hate groups.
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Acting Secretary Elaine Duke, another nonpolitical homeland expert, ran into trouble for indelicate comments in response to a question about one of the recent hurricanes, for instance.
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At the same time, the musician’s indelicate missives compel one to ask just what drove Mozart’s proclivity to fixate on things scatological.
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Posner’s Stupid F-ing Bird, the Arden’s funny play with the indelicate name, got four.
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A neighbor having a beef with another mowed a most indelicate word into his yard in Sequim, Wash., about 65 miles northwest of Seattle.
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The kits sport clumsy, oddly curved, and painfully jagged instruments, including dull saws and indelicate pinchers.
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All of these indelicate products come to us thanks to skin-care companies, launched over the past few years, that are marketing strenuously—some would say, overcompensatingly—to men.
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First Known Use of indelicate
1742
indelicate Synonyms
Synonyms
brash, graceless, ill-advised, imprudent, inadvisable, indiscreet, injudicious, tactless, undiplomatic, unwise;
Near Antonyms
intelligent, logical, rational, sensible, smart, sound;
Related Words
dumb, idiotic (also idiotical), moronic, stupid;
careless, heedless, inconsiderate, mindless, thoughtless;
ill-mannered, improper, inappropriate, indecorous, unbecoming, uncivil, unseemly;
foolish, harebrained, nonsensical, preposterous, senseless, silly;
Synonym Discussion of indelicate
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- indecorous behavior
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- improper use of campaign contributions
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- remarried with unseemly haste
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- conduct unbecoming to an officer
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- indelicate expressions for bodily functions
INDELICATE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of indelicate for English Language Learners
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: not polite : having or showing bad manners or taste
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