as in inappropriate
showing poor judgment especially in personal relationships or social situations
telling a friend's secrets is indiscreet, and unkind as well
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Recent Examples of indiscreet
This can seem extremely indiscreet – or even performative – because of the way this rakes in a lot of sympathy or commiseration from followers.
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Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2024
This can seem extremely indiscreet — or even performative — because of the way this rakes in a lot of sympathy or commiseration from followers.
—Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2024
But, with Tommy, Lenny is indiscreet, if not in public view, then, at least, in Felicia’s presence.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2023
Long before Google’s office suite (around 300 BC, actually), advice on visiting foreign cities was handed out by friends, agents, experts, and, every so often, an indiscreet concierge full of local insights.
—Emilia Petrarca, Town & Country, 14 June 2023
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Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2024
This can seem extremely indiscreet — or even performative — because of the way this rakes in a lot of sympathy or commiseration from followers.
—Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2024
But, with Tommy, Lenny is indiscreet, if not in public view, then, at least, in Felicia’s presence.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2023
Long before Google’s office suite (around 300 BC, actually), advice on visiting foreign cities was handed out by friends, agents, experts, and, every so often, an indiscreet concierge full of local insights.
—Emilia Petrarca, Town & Country, 14 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indiscreet
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The defense also highlighted that specific allegations about inappropriate touching weren’t made until late November 2019 during the investigation.Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
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According to a probable cause affidavit, the FBI was contacted by the mother of a 12-year-old girl in Waukesha County, Wis., on April 13 regarding an inappropriate conversation between her daughter and an unknown male.Ron Wood, arkansasonline.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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Notably, the inspector general's review said there was no evidence that the investigations were influenced by politics or other improper considerations.Robert Legare, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2024
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The final ingredient of the DOGE cocktail is the potential improper conduct of the entity itself.Lisa Gilbert and Robert Weissman, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Anything more than that may be financially imprudent.Jonathan I. Shenkman, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Adding a fourth option at the position may well be deemed imprudent given the club’s finances.Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024
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Advertisement The president-elect’s style — brash, indelicate and pugilistic — is distilled in his son.Michelle L. Price, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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After Shkreli propositioned Duca via Twitter direct message, the Teen Vogue columnist responded with this, albeit indelicate, rejection.Issie Lapowsky, WIRED, 4 Aug. 2017
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Their rounded faces, their piercings and makeup, their lateness and absences and profuse, careless apologies—their vulnerability was almost intolerable.Daisy Hildyard, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
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Michigan fire statistics The leading cause of fire deaths in 2024 through early December are careless smoking (46%), followed by heating (16%) and explosion (16%), a report by Michigan Fire Inspectors Society said.Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 11 Dec. 2024
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So maybe use the feelings aroused by your sister-in-law’s thoughtless, certainly injudicious, possibly naughty remark as an opportunity to rise above.James Parker, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2024
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What The Meng Episode Means (1): Is Huawei A Tool of The CCP? Meng’s release, and injudicious remarks, do not bode well for Huawei.George Calhoun, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2021
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That’s one of several reasons so many people battle Seasonal Affective Disorder—often shortened to the slightly tactless acronym SAD—in the winter, a recurrent form of depression that comes on during the colder, darker months.Kyle MacNeill, Vogue, 15 July 2024
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Foreign audiences generally perceived the new diplomatic style as impolite and tactless.Tyler Jost, Foreign Affairs, 27 June 2024
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Aziz Taher/Reuters Indeed, Mr. Biden’s exasperation with Mr. Netanyahu exploded in a recent phone call between the two, when the president reportedly shouted at the Israeli prime minister and told him in heated undiplomatic terms to stop misleading him.Howard LaFranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Aug. 2024
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Defense experts told Newsweek that the sentiment behind Trump's rhetoric, though perhaps undiplomatic, can be viewed as a continuation of previous administrations' stances.David Faris, Newsweek, 9 July 2024
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“Indiscreet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indiscreet. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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