Indelicate
Indelicate adjective - Showing poor judgment especially in personal relationships or social situations.
Usage example: the company considered his indelicate handling of such a personal matter to be unprofessional
Ill-advised and indelicate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ill-advised" instead an adjective "Indelicate".
Nearby Words: indelicacy, indelicately
Ill-advised
Ill-advised adjective - Showing poor judgment especially in personal relationships or social situations.
Usage example: an ill-advised criticism of the boss at a company function
Indelicate and ill-advised are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Indelicate" instead an adjective phrase "Ill-advised".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- brash and indelicate
- brash and ill-advised
- inconsiderate and indelicate
- inconsiderate and ill-advised
- improper and indelicate
- improper and ill-advised
- indiscreet and indelicate
- indiscreet and ill-advised
- tactless and indelicate
- tactless and ill-advised
- thoughtless and indelicate
- thoughtless and ill-advised
- imprudent and indelicate
- imprudent and ill-advised
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Ill-advised and Indelicate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/indelicate/ill-advised
Indelicate & Ill-advised. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/indelicate/ill-advised>.
Ill-advised or Indelicate. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/indelicate/ill-advised.
