incondign

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/ˌɪn.kənˈdaɪn/

adjective

Inappropriate or disproportionate; whether excessively harsh or lenient.

Opposite
condign
OriginEnglish condign ← Middle English in- ← Latin in- →
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Meanings

adjectiveincondign (comparative more incondign, superlative most incondign)

comparative more incondign · superlative most incondign

  1. Inappropriate or disproportionate; whether excessively harsh or lenient.

    The hawk was ill, incondign, a thing created by wrong for purposes of wrong — bent away from its birth by a power that dared to warp nature.

    1977, Stephen R. Donaldson, Lord Foul’s Bane, page 306

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
condign

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishin-
  7. Englishcondign
  8. Englishincondign

From in- + condign.

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Cite this entry
APA

incondign. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incondign

MLA

“incondign.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incondign. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “incondign,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incondign.

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