† undigneadj.
Obsolete.
Unworthy.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > ignobleness or baseness > [adjective]
theowlikec1175
low?c1225
undignec1315
unfreec1330
base?1518
roynish1570
baseborn1573
base-minded1573
haskardly1576
ignoble1592
unnoble1593
slavish1597
disnoble1609
infimous1613
unhandsome1645
unheroical1656
mean1665
unworthy1694
unheroic1732
raff1761
undignified1782
raffish1795
truculent1825
unpromotable1836
menial1837
low-flung1841
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > [adjective]
undignec1315
unhonestc1450
reproachable1477
unhonourable1540
discredible1575
discreditable1577
defacing1583
reprobate1589
reproachful1591
scandalous1592
uncreditable1649
notorious1666
unworthy1693
discrediting1699
increditable1703
disreputable1773
compromising1883
society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adjective] > undeserving > of insufficient merit
unworthc893
unworthya1240
undignec1315
unthrivingc1325
unmeriting1594
meritless1596
unmeritable1597
unmeritorious1599
immeritorious1642
immeritous1645
c1315 Shoreham i. 425 Þi bileaue of ihesu crist His nou al weuerinde, Vndigne.
1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 745 For þe dedus undingne þat ȝe don alle..Ȝe schulle be..put in paine for euere.
c1400 Rule St. Benet (Prose) vii. 13 Þu sal þinke in þi herte þat tu es vndinge to gode dede.
a1470 J. Hardyng Chron. cxiii. xvii His barons, for cause he was vndigne, Made hym his crowne for to resigne.
Derivatives
Obsolete.† unˈdignely adv. Obsolete unworthily.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > ignobleness or baseness > [adverb]
undignelyc1315
poorlyc1390
vilea1400
ignobly1594
unnobly1595
meanly1602
meana1626
unhandsomely1650
projectedly1660
unheroically1783
undignifiedly1856
raffishly1897
c1315 Shoreham i. 601 For, wo þat hyȝt takeþ ondygneliche, Hys iugement he gnaȝeþ.
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