adjective
immodest
Exposing the body in a way considered improper.
The costume was considered immodest under the school’s dress rules.
Etymology
The negative prefix denies modest restraint. In this bodily sense, immodest judges exposure by a community’s standards of what is considered proper.
In context
Some critics even suggested that the crinoline was immodest, particularly in windy conditions when the wide skirts could billow up.
More examples
- Her grandmother regarded the short skirt as immodest.
- The novel contrasts changing ideas about what clothing is immodest.
- The guide explains why that community considers exposed shoulders immodest.
Forms
immodest · more immodest · most immodest