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Definition of indecorous : Not decorous; violating good manners; contrary to good breeding or etiquette; unbecoming; improper; out of place; as, indecorous conduct.

Synonyms:

study at improper, off-color, immodest, uncomely, off-colour, inauspicious, naughty, unbecoming, out of line, un, unbefitting, usual, rude, vulgar, uncouth, adverse, mly

unseemly, indelicate, unsuitable, untoward, indecent, unfit, inappropriate, improper

Usage examples:

• M. Pyonnier, Director of the Customs, aware of the peculiar difficulty of his situation in a country where the customs were held in abhorrence, observed great caution and moderation in collecting the duties: Personal examination, which is so revolting and indecorous, especially with respect to females, was suppressed. - "Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, v12", Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne.
• " I heard about her all summer as a little mischief, and I never saw her do an indecorous thing. - "The Wide Awake Girls in Winsted", Katharine Ellis Barrett.
• But now a check must be put to all indecorous proceedings; and, unfortunately for the execution of the wife's precautions, the head of the family returned unexpectedly, and under circumstances which forestalled any preparation. - "The Lamplighter", Maria S. Cummins.