immodest
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6.1
- adjective
- /ɪˈmɒdɪst/
- Unfortunately, both women and men at CU do not only wear immodest apparel at practices and training.
- immodest dress
Examples
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No one but the Legion of Decency would have thought her immodest, not even Josie's mother.
Fiction book (1990) -
My mother would have been disgusted because I was so immodest.
Fiction book (1992) -
I suppose it's immodest of me to walk around like this in front of a stranger.
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There are other people here and they'd think I was immodest.
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I hope that this is the beginning of a candid and sustained, albeit immodest, discussion.
Academic text (1993) -
Walking around in such a short dress felt immodest to her in front of strangers.
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The teacher warned her students that wearing immodest clothing could lead to unintended attention.
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Many people believe that social media promotes immodest behavior and unrealistic standards.
Synonyms
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6.7
Not acceptable in public because it is offensive or sexual
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9.2
Not showing good manners in public or formal places
Antonyms
How Modest
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Immodest is made from the parts im- 'not' and modest, which is related to modesty and moderate and comes from a word for 'measure'. So, immodest in this sense means 'not keeping to the usual measure' — for example, clothes or words that people see as not proper or too revealing.