indiligent

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adjective

Not diligent; idle, slothful.

OriginLatin indiligens →
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Meanings

adjectiveindiligent (comparative more indiligent, superlative most indiligent)

comparative more indiligent · superlative most indiligent

  1. obsoleteNot diligent; idle, slothful.

    […] fall upon the indiligent and undeserving

    1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political

Origin

  1. Latinindiligens
  2. Englishindiligent

From Latin indiligens. Compare French indiligent. See diligent. By surface analysis, in- (“not”) + diligent.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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