indign

[ in-dahyn ]

adjective
  1. Archaic. unworthy.

  2. Obsolete. unbecoming or disgraceful.

Origin of indign

1
1400–50; late Middle English indigne<Middle French <Latin indignus, equivalent to in-in-3 + dignus worthy; see dignity

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How to use indign in a sentence

  • La mujer del campesino se indign mucho cuando su marido le entreg las cuatro pesetas.

    A First Spanish Reader | Erwin W. Roessler and Alfred Remy

British Dictionary definitions for indign

indign

/ (ɪnˈdaɪn) /


adjectiveobsolete, or poetic
  1. undeserving; unworthy

  2. unseemly; disgraceful

  1. not deserved

Origin of indign

1
C15: from Old French indigne, from Latin indignus unworthy, from in- 1 + dignus worthy; see dignity

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