- ə nt adjective
( sometimes -er/-est )
Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French indécent, from Latin indecent-, indecens, from in- in- (I) + decent-, decens decent
1. : not decent: as
a. : altogether unbecoming : contrary to what the nature of things or what circumstances would dictate as right or expected or appropriate : hardly suitable : unseemly
hurried away with indecent haste
b. : not conforming to generally accepted standards of morality : tending toward or being in fact something generally viewed as morally indelicate or improper or offensive : being or tending to be obscene
an indecent gesture
indecent language
an indecent costume
2. archaic : unpleasant to look at : unsightly , uncomely
• in·de·cent·ly adverb