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indign

[in-dahyn]
adjective
  1. Archaic. unworthy.
  2. Obsolete. unbecoming or disgraceful.
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Origin of indign

1400–50; late Middle English indigne < Middle French < Latin indignus, equivalent to in- in-3 + dignus worthy; see dignity
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British Dictionary definitions for indign

indign

adjective obsolete, or poetic
  1. undeserving; unworthy
  2. unseemly; disgraceful
  3. not deserved
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Word Origin

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