as in unfitness
the quality or state of not being socially proper
for sheer indecorousness it would be hard to beat the telling of bawdy jokes at a child's birthday party
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Musk attempted to color Altman as a uniquely unsuitable supervisor of this technology, but this invariably invited further scrutiny into his own abject unfitness for the role.
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The real issue is Alvero’s unfitness for his office.
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And there’s no disrespect intended to fellow Hawks draftee Zuby Ejiofor (a 6-foot-7, 245-pound senior who was Big East Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year?
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Now the removal or disrespect for women.
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“Indecorousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indecorousness. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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