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as in vulgarity
the quality or state of being obscene
parents complained about the indecency of the song's lyrics
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as in unfitness
the quality or state of not being socially proper
that a remark of such indisputable indecency was uttered at a meeting of the school board made everyone gasp
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Recent Examples of indecency
Set amid Argentina’s Dirty War of the 1980s, the film follows Valentín, a political prisoner played by Diego Luna, who shares a cell with Molina, played by Tonatiuh, a window dresser convicted of public indecency.
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Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2025
In a grimy torture complex of a Buenos Aires prison as military dictatorship rages in the outside world, Luis is locked up for public indecency, while Valentin is behind bars for his participation in a leftist revolutionary group trying to topple the government.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025
Valentín, a political prisoner, shares a cell with Molina, a window dresser convicted of public indecency.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025
Ricardo Reyes Mata, a catholic priest and Dallas resident, was arrested by Garland police Monday on two felony counts of indecency with a child, police said in a release.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 7 May 2024
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Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2025
In a grimy torture complex of a Buenos Aires prison as military dictatorship rages in the outside world, Luis is locked up for public indecency, while Valentin is behind bars for his participation in a leftist revolutionary group trying to topple the government.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025
Valentín, a political prisoner, shares a cell with Molina, a window dresser convicted of public indecency.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025
Ricardo Reyes Mata, a catholic priest and Dallas resident, was arrested by Garland police Monday on two felony counts of indecency with a child, police said in a release.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 7 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indecency
Noun
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The real marvel, in this instance, being the avoidance of vulgarity.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Mar. 2025
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Attention-grabbing vulgarity aside, Pearl was talking hoops, not other things that have been central to Auburn men’s basketball discourse of late.—
Joe Rexrode,
The Athletic,
15 Mar. 2025
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Yet the movie also contains, by my count, more than a dozen significant obscenities, as well as enough death to scar the Bluey crowd for life.—
Graham Hillard,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
21 Mar. 2025
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Other states don’t allow numerical digits, obscenity, or names of people who have committed atrocities, according to US Birth Certificates.—
Anna Halkidis,
Parents,
23 Jan. 2025
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The disrespect of Shedeur Sanders has reached absurd levels.—
Troy Renck,
The Denver Post,
9 Mar. 2025
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My concerns have only doubled since the hearing, at which two academics from the University of Connecticut’s Puerto Rican Studies Initiative for Civic Engagement and Public Policy were treated with suspicion and sidelong disrespect by certain legislators.—
Julio Fuentes,
Hartford Courant,
8 Mar. 2025
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“Indecency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indecency. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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