indign

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UK/ɪnˈdʌɪn/

adjective

Unworthy, undeserving.

OriginMiddle French indigne ← Latin indignus →
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Meanings

adjectiveindign (comparative more indign, superlative most indign)

comparative more indign · superlative most indign

  1. archaicUnworthy, 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 The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
  2. obsoletedisgraceful
  3. obsoleteunbecoming

Origin

  1. Latinindignus
  2. Middle Frenchindigne
  3. Englishindign

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

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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