immodest

[US]/ɪˈmɒdɪst/
[UK]/ɪˈmɑːdɪst/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. lacking humility or decency.

Example Sentences

immodest claims in advertising and promotion.

a bathing suit considered immodest by the local people.

immodest display of wealth

Real-world Examples

An immodest sense of pride in our community.

Source: The Simpsons Movie

As well as being considered unsafe or chaotic, swimming was seen as immodest – shocking because it shows too much of the body.

Source: 6 Minute English

The woman is immodest who can let the shadow of such a doubt remain on her husband's mind a moment.

Source: Defending Feminism (Part 2)

And I must be allowed to call her a modest woman, before I dismiss this part of the subject, by saying, that till men are more chaste, women will be immodest.

Source: Defending Feminism (Part 2)

On the contrary, she would have expressed the prettiest surprise and disapprobation if she had heard that another young lady had been detected in that immodest prematureness — indeed, would probably have disbelieved in its possibility.

Source: Middlemarch (Part Two)

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