ignoble
/ɪɡˈnoʊbəl/
adjective
- Having or showing a lack of honor or moral standards; dishonorable or base.
- It was an ignoble act to blame the intern for the manager's own mistake.
- The spy's ignoble betrayal shocked his closest friends.
- She refused to take part in the ignoble competition for the promotion.
- Of low birth or common origin (historical or formal use).
- The story tells of a hero who rose from ignoble beginnings to become a king.
- In ancient times, people of ignoble birth were rarely allowed to become knights.
- He was proud of his family's history, even though they were of ignoble lineage.
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