Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Want of modesty
- noun Forwardness; arrogance or want of proper reserve.
- noun Indecency; indelicacy; unchastity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Lack of modesty, delicacy, or decent reserve; indecency.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the state of being
immodest - noun a
lack ofmodesty
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the perverse act of exposing and attracting attention to your own genitals
- noun the trait of being vain and conceited
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Examples
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I know that immodesty is a militant movement, because people like the author, ministers and even yourself, have been attacked for teaching against it.
Hawaiian Dresses 2009
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Maybe the immodesty is proof that global warming exists.
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We should be worrying about middle age women these days as much as girls, because the immodesty is starting with the older women.
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But this upsurge in immodesty applies to child rearing as well.
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But this upsurge in immodesty applies to child rearing as well.
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(Applause) Without boasting, without any kind of immodesty, that is how we Cuban revolutionaries understand our internationalist duty.
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If we’re immodest in our dress, we may cause the world to believe that their immodesty is permissible in God’s eyes, thus “approving of” their own immodesty.
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If we’re immodest in our dress, we may cause the world to believe that their immodesty is permissible in God’s eyes, thus “approving of” their own immodesty.
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The result of his immodesty has been a persistent hunger for offices that most people thought beyond his abilities.
PrairiePundit 2009
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The result of his immodesty has been a persistent hunger for offices that most people thought beyond his abilities.
Reason Magazine - All Reason Articles from the Past Year: Page 1 2009
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