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Ignobility

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ig·no·ble  (g-nbl)
adj.
1. Not noble in quality, character, or purpose; base or mean. See Synonyms at mean2.
2. Not of the nobility; common.
[Middle English, of low birth, from Old French, from Latin ignbilis : i-, in-, not; see in-1 + nbilis, gnbilis, noble; see noble.]
igno·bili·ty (-bl-t), ig·noble·ness n.
ig·nobly adv.
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Noun1.ignobility - the quality of being ignoble
ignobleness
dishonorableness, dishonourableness - the quality of not deserving honor or respect
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However, the patron subsequently delivers an impassioned speech on the ignobility of human nature and the dispossession of blacks caused by the institution of slavery.
Revising critical judgments of The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man by Andrade, Heather Russell / African American Review
Even if our system of governance appears irredeemably compromised, Russell implies, the conscience of the American soldier may yet prevent the United States from sinking to the depths of ignobility that marked every other empire that has held sway across the globe.
The Way It Ought To Be by Bacevich, Andrew J. / The National Interest
The dignity and sanctity of the bodies of the dead are violated - through the graphic description of their variably maimed states, which further affirm the utter ignobility of their deaths.
Stirring words: traditions and subversions in the poetry of Muzaffar ... by Bardenstein, Carol / Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ)
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