be indecorous
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She made it safe for a woman to be indecorous, though in the process she also helped redefine not just what was acceptable but also what was beautiful.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2016
She longed to rush back to the landing-place, but instinctively felt that such action on the part of a guest would be indecorous.
From In Apple-Blossom Time A Fairy-Tale to Date by Clara Louise Burnham
We cannot follow them and listen to their conversation—that would be indecorous.
From The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764 by Anonymous
"This would be a sheer abuse of power, sire; it would be indecorous and unseemly."
From Louise de la Valliere by Alexandre Dumas père
Her singing sounded like silken raiment among sackcloth, and she lowered her voice, feeling it to be indecorous and out of place in the antique hymn.
From Evelyn Innes by George (George Augustus) Moore
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