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indecent

adj
/ɪnˈdiːs(ə)nt/

Etymology

From in- + decent.

  1. derived from *deḱ-✻
  2. derived from decēns
  3. borrowed from décent
  4. prefixed as indecent — “in + decent”

Definitions

  1. Offensive to good taste.

    • indecent comment
    • indecent videos

  2. Not in keeping with conventional moral values

    Not in keeping with conventional moral values; improper, immodest, or unseemly.

  3. Generally unacceptable for public broadcasting but not legally obscene.

The neighborhood

Derived

indecency, indecent assault, indecent exposure, indecent liberty, indecently, indecentness

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at indecent. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01indecent02immodest03shameless04disgrace05dishonored06defiled07impure08defile09dirty

A definitional loop anchored at indecent. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at indecent

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA