indelicate








adjective

  1. offensive to a sense of generally accepted propriety, modesty, or decency; improper, unrefined, or coarse: indelicate language.
  2. not delicate; lacking delicacy; rough.

adjective

  1. coarse, crude, or rough
  2. offensive, embarrassing, or tasteless
adj.

1742, “offensive to propriety,” from in- (1) “not, opposite of” + delicate. Related: Indelicately.

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