indign

Unworthy, undeserving.

Adjective

  1. Unworthy, undeserving.
    • even th'Almightie selfe she did maligne, / Because to man so mercifull he was, / And unto all his creatures so benigne, / Sith she her selfe was of his grace indigne […]. - 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto I”, in...
  2. disgraceful
  3. unbecoming

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French indigne, from Latin indignus, from in- (“un-”) + dignus (“worthy, dignified”).

Forms

more indign most indign

Related

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