indecentin‧de‧cent /ɪnˈdiːsənt/ adjective 
He was found guilty of possessing indecent photographs. You can’t go out in that dress – it’s positively indecent!2completely unacceptable: The funeral formalities were performed with almost indecent haste.—indecently adverb: an indecently short skirt
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Models were forced into all sorts of indecent poses for the camera.
- The prices they charge for this food are indecent.
- Woodall said the man also took an indecent photo of the child.
- You can't wear that dress to the dinner party -- it's positively indecent!
- It is an offence under railway bye-laws to be disorderly, offensive or indecent in a station.
- It is still an offence to use obscene, profane or indecent language in an Aberdeen street.
- It was indecent, surely, to stand like this, in public, and feel so alive and so excited?
- Nearly all their offerings are considered indecent under the 1996 law.
- Second, where right-minded observers would agree that the conduct was indecent, that would be an indecent assault.
Longman Language Activatorbooks, jokes, remarks etc that are about sex and are offensive
obscene words or pictures are about sex and are very offensive: · 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' was banned as an obscene book.· He was charged with smuggling obscene materials into the UK.
informal dirty books, jokes, films etc are about sex - use this especially to show that you think these are unpleasant: · They just sit around telling dirty jokes - it's very boring.· He used to keep a collection of dirty books hidden under his bed.
clothes that are indecent show parts of the body that are usually covered; actions or movements that are indecent are sexual, but in a way many people think is not pleasant or acceptable: · You can't wear that dress to the dinner party -- it's positively indecent!· Models were forced into all sorts of indecent poses for the camera.
lewd remarks or behaviour show that the person saying them or doing something is thinking about sex, and they are usually offensive: · "Say no more!'' he grinned, giving her a lewd wink.· Although his jokes were a little lewd, he always made us laugh.
informal films, jokes etc that are blue are about sex and usually use offensive language: · I found the kids watching a blue movie on the video last night.· Her jokes are too blue for most audiences.
showing or describing sexual acts in a very offensive way: · The magazine printed filthy pictures that shocked everyone.
American jokes, stories, remarks etc that are off-color talk about sex in a way that is not acceptable in a particular situation: · He occasionally tells an off-color joke, but his image is practically that of a saint.
informal books, stories, films etc that are about sex - use this when you strongly disapprove of this: · There's too much violence and smut on TV these days.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The funeral formalities were performed with almost indecent haste.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1something that is indecent is shocking and offensive, usually because it involves sex or shows parts of the body that are usually covered: The funeral formalities were performed with almost indecent haste.· Women who have suffered serious sexual assault are offered support and counselling.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· First, where the conduct would not be thought indecent by any right-minded observer, indecent assault could not be committed.· Before he was jailed in 1995 for six years for indecent assault, Allen amassed a multimillion-dollar fortune.· A female can be charged with an indecent assault on another female.· It believes that the real number of rapes and indecent assaults is between 118,000 and 295,000.· The Prince rule of strict liability as to age, which applies equally to indecent assault, has already been noticed.· This is because the crime of indecent assault requires the defendant to do something to the victim.· Previous convictions: one for indecent exposure, one for indecent assault.· There is a similar distortion compared with reality among the indecent assaults against females.
· After all, if you sent her your book, isn't that indecent exposure of a kind?· Among the categories dropped were battery, narcotics and weapons offenses, grand theft and indecent exposure.· Previous convictions: one for indecent exposure, one for indecent assault.· An awful lot of indecent exposure used to go on.
· No hurry: no indecent haste.· The boundaries make sense, but there is an air of indecent haste about the timetables.
· Whatever censorship takes place in libraries, even of seemingly innocuous indecent material, can reverberate elsewhere.· Under the new law, providers and online services are responsible for restricting indecent material or risking criminal prosecution.· Righton was fined £900 by Evesham court, Worcs, after he admitted importing and possessing indecent material.· Congress's effort to ban indecent materials on the Internet comes to the court March 19.· He was later fined 900 pounds after pleading guilty to possessing indecent photographs of children and importing indecent material.· Firstly, there is a large amount of legislation concerned with the area of obscene and indecent material.· Two of importing indecent material and one of possessing indecent photographs of children.
· Then he took indecent photographs of some of them.· CompuServe recently shut down direct access to certain newsgroups containing indecent photographs and material.· He also admitted keeping indecent photographs of youngsters in the society's files.· He was later fined 900 pounds after pleading guilty to possessing indecent photographs of children and importing indecent material.· He is also accused of indecent assault, indecency with a child, and taking indecent photographs.· The court heard that he possessed indecent photographs of young boys.· Two of importing indecent material and one of possessing indecent photographs of children.
He was found guilty of possessing indecent photographs. You can’t go out in that dress – it’s positively indecent!2completely unacceptable: The funeral formalities were performed with almost indecent haste.—indecently adverb: an indecently short skirt