indelicate

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I posed to them an indelicate question: Are movie stars obsolete?
我特意向他們提出了這樣一個(gè)問題：電影明星是不是過時(shí)了？
It makes it too common, too indelicate, too apparent … the mystery, after all, is what makes it so good.
談?wù)撔詴?huì)讓性變的太普通，太粗俗，太明顯，畢竟是她的神秘讓她如此富有魅力。
Human trafficking tends to get ignored because it is an indelicate, sordid topic, with troubled victims who don't make great poster children for family values.
人口販賣是個(gè)令人難堪而骯臟的話題，受害者在家中又往往是不受重視的孩子，因此這個(gè)話題經(jīng)常遭到忽視。

"This is a very delicate area, and a very indelicate piece of legislation, " he added.
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It was as if that abrupt, indelicate remark had entirely taken over the conversation.
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The page consists of screenshots of messages sent to Gina by its fans asking questions about anything, which are always answered in a sarcastic, sometimes indelicate way.
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Indelicate words or actions are not suitable for a situation and are likely to be offensive.