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Meanings of indecent in English

Portuguese
indecente

Offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters.

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        indecente

        Not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society.

              Not adhering to the high moral standards expected of a gentleman.

                    OCCF/VRA/IPT classification category.

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                          Usage of indecent in English
                          1
                          Oil giants will be forced to change their indecent behavior, he said.
                          Reuters
                          2
                          Seven students were charged with indecent exposure after a game last year.
                          The Irish Times
                          3
                          Stop stemming! but you don't know the Spanish words for indecent exposure.
                          Rock and Ice Magazine
                          4
                          They were being questioned about indecent images of children on the Internet.
                          The Irish Times
                          5
                          Saint Augustine ridiculed one of the Roman gods in grossly indecent language.
                          Prisoner for Blasphemy
                          6
                          Automation has taken over and, I might add, with almost indecent haste.
                          The Irish Times
                          7
                          The present indecent haste of the income-tax collector may have worried him.
                          Our Stage and Its Critics / By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gaze...
                          8
                          The rest of the disfigurings were mischievous, and of almost indecent character.
                          The Forfeit
                          9
                          Such dolls are considered obscene or indecent articles, and imports are prohibited.
                          Radio NZ
                          10
                          This is an indecent spectacle: the man who has ruled England, reduced.
                          Wolf hall
                          11
                          The words she made use of, it would be indecent to mention.
                          The Grounds of Christianity Examined by Comparing The New Testam...
                          12
                          One would mock the cuckoo, and another recite indecent stories about St.
                          A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleo...
                          13
                          At once-witha haste prudery and lovers of formalism might term indecent.
                          Burned Bridges
                          14
                          Otherwise it looks indecent, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters in Tokyo.
                          Reuters
                          15
                          Entertainer and artist Rolf Harris has denied a series of indecent assaults.
                          The Irish Times
                          16
                          The wind was due east, not generally a matter for indecent exultation.
                          Much Darker Days
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                          Translations for indecent
                          Portuguese
                          indecente
                          Indecent through the time
                          Indecent across language varieties
                          New Zealand
                          Common
                          Ireland
                          Common
                          Australia
                          Common
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