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more decent

ADJECTIVE

respectable, appropriate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

correct good honest honorable modest noble polite proper prudent trustworthy

STRONG

right

WEAK

approved becoming befitting chaste clean comely comme il faut conforming continent decorous delicate ethical fit fitting immaculate mannerly moral nice on the up and up presentable pure reserved seemly spotless stainless standard straight straight arrow straight shooting suitable unblemished undefiled untarnished upright virtuous worthy

Antonyms

STRONGEST

improper incorrect misbehaving unrefined unreliable unsophisticated unsuitable untrustworthy

WEAK

disobliging inappropriate indecent insufficient intolerable poor unaccommodating ungenerous unkind unrespectable unsuited

ADJECTIVE

kind, generous

Synonyms

STRONGEST

courteous gracious thoughtful

WEAK

accommodating friendly helpful obliging virtuous

Antonyms

STRONGEST

discourteous rude

WEAK

disobliging inappropriate indecent insufficient intolerable poor unaccommodating ungenerous unkind unrespectable unsuitable unsuited

ADJECTIVE

sufficient, tolerable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acceptable adequate comfortable competent fair good mediocre reasonable respectable satisfactory

STRONG

right

WEAK

all right ample average common enough fair to middling middling moderately good passable presentable sufficing unexceptional unimpeachable unobjectionable

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bad disagreeable inadequate incompetent inferior insufficient unacceptable unfit unreasonable unsatisfactory unsuitable

WEAK

disobliging inappropriate indecent intolerable poor unaccommodating ungenerous unkind unrespectable unsuited

Example Sentences

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For McBride and others like him, it’s a disappointing setback that follows years of pressing Washington to make air transit just a bit more decent and humane.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

“It teaches the cops, at a very early age on the job, that there are more decent law-abiding people living in that neighborhood than there are criminals,” he told The Times.

From Washington Times • Sep. 26, 2023

“It’s about making our country strong, making our country more decent, more kind, more humane.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2023

But “he still never closed his door to us,” Mr. Staley said, adding, “I’ve never met a more decent human being.”

From New York Times • Aug. 22, 2022

There were many other staff corporals, the majority of whom were more decent.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque