indelicacy

Example Sentences

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I was listening to them talk of quality and seasonability when the young perfumer, with all the indelicacy of a greenhorn, announced, “I have some oudh.”

From New York Times • May 10, 2021

Almost every interviewer he has faced has tried to lure him into some sort of indelicacy.

From The Guardian • Oct. 20, 2020

It was an accusation against a close U.S. ally that had never been voiced so publicly and with such indelicacy.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2017

"We are mortified and grieved that he should have been guilty of such great indelicacy and impropriety," said the New York Courier and Enquirer, then the country's most popular paper.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2012

“But there seems an indelicacy in directing his attentions towards her so soon after this event.”

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen