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
Unwise and indelicate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unwise" instead an adjective "Indelicate".
Nearby Words: indelicacy, indelicately
Unwise
Unwise adjective - Showing poor judgment especially in personal relationships or social situations.
Usage example: an unwise urge to confide in total strangers
Indelicate and unwise are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Indelicate" instead an adjective "Unwise".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- rude and indelicate
- rude and unwise
- brash and indelicate
- brash and unwise
- inconsiderate and indelicate
- inconsiderate and unwise
- improper and indelicate
- improper and unwise
- indiscreet and indelicate
- indiscreet and unwise
- tactless and indelicate
- tactless and unwise
- thoughtless and indelicate
- thoughtless and unwise
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Unwise and Indelicate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 10, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/indelicate/unwise
Indelicate & Unwise. N.p., 2016. Web. 10 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/indelicate/unwise>.
Unwise or Indelicate. 2016. Accessed August 10, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/indelicate/unwise.
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