lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct
<adj.all> indecorous behavior
in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent
<adj.all> an indelicate remark an off-color joke
verging on the indecent
<adj.all> an indelicate proposition
Indelicate \In*del"i*cate\, a. [Pref. in- not + delicate: cf. F. ind['e]licat.] Not delicate; wanting delicacy; offensive to good manners, or to purity of mind; coarse; rude; as, an indelicate word or suggestion; indelicate behavior. --Macaulay. -- {In*del"i*cate*ly}, adv.