indelicate (adj.)

  1. lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct; indecorous behavior

    [ Syn: indecorous ]

  2. in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent; an indelicate remark; an off-color joke

    [ Syn: off-color , off-colour ]

  3. verging on the indecent; an indelicate proposition'

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