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ignoble
adjective
completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose
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ɪɡˈnəʊbəl
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adjective
completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose
“something cowardly and ignoble in his attitude”
adjective
not of the nobility
“of ignoble (or ungentle) birth”
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something cowardly and ignoble in his attitude
{'source': 'Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.', 'text': 'I think it a less evil that some criminals should escape than that the government should play an ignoble part'}
of ignoble (or ungentle) birth
untitled civilians
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