indign
adjUK /ɪnˈdʌɪn/
Etymology Borrowed from Middle French indigne, from Latin indignus, from in- (“un-”) + dignus (“worthy, dignified”).
1
Archaic Unworthy, 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
Obsolete disgraceful
3
Obsolete unbecoming
- Related terms
- indignant, indignation, indignity, indignly, dignity