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undignified

adj · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 N D IH1 G N IH0 F AY2 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

lacking in or damaging to dignity

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of undignify

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

lacking dignity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: dignified

History

Etymology

From un- + dignified.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: непристоен (nepristoen) — lacking in dignity
  • Finnish: ala-arvoinen — lacking in dignity
  • Finnish: sopimaton — lacking in dignity
  • Finnish: moukkamainen — lacking in dignity
  • German: würdelos — lacking in dignity
  • German: entwürdigend — lacking in dignity
  • Hindi: अशोभनीय (aśobhnīya) — lacking in dignity
  • Polish: niegodny — lacking in dignity
  • Polish: poniżający — lacking in dignity
  • Polish: pozbawiony godności — lacking in dignity
  • Spanish: no / poco dignificado — lacking in dignity
  • Spanish: indignificado — lacking in dignity
  • Swedish: ovärdig — lacking in dignity