Indecent
(In*de"cent) a. [L. indecens unseemly, unbecoming: cf. F. indécent. See In- not, and Decent.] Not decent; unfit to be seen or heard; offensive to modesty and delicacy; as, indecent language. Cowper.

Syn. — Unbecoming; indecorous; indelicate; unseemly; immodest; gross; shameful; impure; improper; obscene; filthy.

Indecently
(In*de"cent*ly), adv. In an indecent manner.

Indeciduate
(In`de*cid"u*ate) a.

1. Indeciduous.

2. (Anat.) Having no decidua; nondeciduate.

Indeciduous
(In`de*cid"u*ous) a. Not deciduous or falling, as the leaves of trees in autumn; lasting; evergreen; persistent; permanent; perennial.

The indeciduous and unshaven locks of Apollo.
Sir T. Browne.

Indecimable
(In*dec"i*ma*ble) a. [Pref. in- not + LL. decimare to tithe: cf. F. indécimable. See Decimate.] Not decimable, or liable to be decimated; not liable to the payment of tithes. Cowell.

Indecipherable
(In`de*ci"pher*a*ble) a. Not decipherable; incapable of being deciphered, explained, or solved.In`de*ci"pher*a*bly, adv.

Indecision
(In`de*ci"sion) n. [Pref. in- not + decision: cf. F. indécision.] Want of decision; want of settled purpose, or of firmness; indetermination; wavering of mind; irresolution; vacillation; hesitation.

The term indecision . . . implies an idea very nicely different from irresolution; yet it has a tendency to produce it.
Shenstone.

Indecision . . . is the natural accomplice of violence.
Burke.

Indecisive
(In`de*ci"sive) a. [Cf. F. indécisif.]

1. Not decisive; not bringing to a final or ultimate issue; as, an indecisive battle, argument, answer.

The campaign had everywhere been indecisive.
Macaulay.

2. Undetermined; prone to indecision; irresolute; unsettled; wavering; vacillating; hesitating; as, an indecisive state of mind; an indecisive character.

Indecisively
(In`de*ci"sive*ly), adv. Without decision.

Indecisiveness
(In`de*ci"sive*ness), n. The state of being indecisive; unsettled state.

Indeclinable
(In`de*clin"a*ble) a. [L. indeclinabilis: cf. F. indéclinable. See In- not, and Decline.] (Gram.) Not declinable; not varied by inflective terminations; as, nihil in Latin, is an indeclinable noun.n. An indeclinable word.

Indeclinably
(In`de*clin"a*bly), adv.

1. Without variation.

2. (Gram.) Without variation of termination.

Indecomposable
(In*de`com*pos"a*ble) a. [Pref. in- not + decomposable: cf. F. indécomposable.] Not decomposable; incapable or difficult of decomposition; not resolvable into its constituents or elements.


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