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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Not in keeping with conventional mores: immodest, improper, indecent, indecorous, indelicate, naughty, unbefitting, unseemly, untoward. Idioms: out of line. See USUAL. 2. Not suited to circumstances: improper, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, inept, malapropos, unapt, unbefitting, unfit, unseemly, unsuitable. Idioms: out of place. See AGREE, USUAL. 3. Lacking style and good taste: inelegant, tasteless. Informal : tacky2. See STYLE.
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