Definition of Indecent

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Definition of Indecent
	Indecent Not decent; unfit to be seen or heard; offensive to modesty and delicacy; as, indecent language. Related Definitions: And, As, Be, Decent, Delicacy, Heard, Indecent, Language, Modesty, Not, Offensive, Or, Seen, To, Unfit

Indecent Quotations

I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes.
Robert A. Heinlein

It is a maudlin and indecent verity that comes out through the strength of wine.
Joseph Conrad

I have noticed, with much distress, the excessive wartime activity of the investigating bureaus of Congress and the administration, with their impertinent and indecent searching out of the private lives and the past political beliefs of individuals.
Wendell Willkie

I don't think there's one thing I've ever said on the radio that would have been found indecent or obscene.
Howard Stern

Yes, you are running businesses, and yes, we understand and accept that, but surely there must be a level beyond which profit from news is simply indecent.
Christiane Amanpour

Reporters thrive on the world's misfortune. For this reason they often take an indecent pleasure in events that dismay the rest of humanity.
Russell Baker

The refined punishments of the spiritual mode are usually much more indecent and dangerous than a good smack.
David Herbert Lawrence

There are certain times I don't want my picture taken. If my wife's stepping out of a car and it looks like it's going to come out an indecent picture, don't I have a right to object?
Bobby Darin

If you don't believe in God, all you have to believe in is decency. Decency is very good. Better decent than indecent. But I don't think it's enough.
Harold MacMillan

Our cautious ancestors, when yawning, blocked the way to the entrance of evil spirits by putting their hands before their mouths. We find a reason for the gesture in the delicacy of manner which forbids an indecent exposure.
George H. Mead

Indecent Translations

indecent in French is licencieux
indecent in Hungarian is illetlen
indecent in Italian is indecente
indecent in Norwegian is uanstendig
indecent in Spanish is deshonesto, indecente

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