indelicate

indecorous, improper, unseemly, unbecoming, indelicate mean not conforming to what is accepted as right, fitting, or in good taste. indecorous suggests a violation of accepted standards of good manners.

• • indecorous behavior

improper applies to a broader range of transgressions of rules not only of social behavior but of ethical practice or logical procedure or prescribed method.

• • improper use of campaign contributions

unseemly adds a suggestion of special inappropriateness to a situation or an offensiveness to good taste.

• • remarried with unseemly haste

unbecoming suggests behavior or language that does not suit one's character or status.

• • conduct unbecoming to an officer

indelicate implies a lack of modesty or of tact or of refined perception of feeling.

• • indelicate expressions for bodily functions