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as in vulgarity
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as in boldness
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for immodesty
Noun
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The banal village tunes that Mahler altered into sinister mock vulgarities—did these not recall the raffish klezmer bands, the wandering musicians who played at shtetl weddings?—
David Denby,
The Atlantic,
1 Apr. 2025 -
The real marvel, in this instance, being the avoidance of vulgarity.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Mar. 2025
Noun
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But the chaos and imprudence of Trump’s misguided and mismanaged tariffs have roiled the markets and fueled talk of a recession.—
S.E. Cupp,
New York Daily News,
12 Mar. 2025
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But the apparent imprudence of such a ploy didn’t stop Murphy, Davidson, or Regan, who would go on to challenge the N.H.L. and N.F.L., two other powerhouse leagues that had been around since the 1920s.—
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31 Aug. 2024
Noun
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Smith lightened the level of the indiscretion, which goes deeper in Molnar’s version.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
23 Mar. 2025
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Ford hoped his suddenly patriotic electorate would forget about the province’s struggling hospitals and colleges, its bonkers traffic, and the indiscretions that have marked his tenure, including a real-estate scandal that is the subject of an ongoing criminal investigation.—
Chris Jones,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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These perks of extroversion would only reveal themselves to me in time, after many, many hours of playing Zip Zap Zop against my will.—
Olga Khazan,
Vox,
11 Mar. 2025
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And these perks of extroversion would only reveal themselves to me in time, after many, many hours of playing Zip Zap Zop against my will.—
Olga Khazan,
Vox,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Immodesty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immodesty. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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