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indelicate

[in-del-i-kit] / ɪnˈdɛl ɪ kɪt /


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In occasionally indelicate detail, “Tusker: Brotherhood of Elephants” studies the reproductive lives of Kenya’s rare “tuskers”—animals whose tusks weigh more than 100 pounds apiece, making them especially attractive to poachers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026

Under its showrunners, Rich Appel and Alec Sulkin, “Family Guy” continues to carve out its own indelicate but undeniably funny path on Fox, FXX and Hulu.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2024

Foreign Minister Christophe Lutundula wrote to the U.N. mission, known as MONUSCO, that the tensions between the two sides are due to what he called U.N. spokesman Mathias Gillman’s indelicate and inopportune statements.

From Washington Post • Aug. 3, 2022

The government said that the spokesman, Mathias Gillmann, had made "indelicate and inappropriate" statements which contributed to the tensions between the population and MONUSCO.

From Reuters • Aug. 3, 2022

I finally made it to the landing and, with one final indelicate grunt, pulled the trunk onto it after me.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs




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