ignoble• Their vision, for all its limits, was not ignoble.• She saved her fury for the ignobledead.• Of course it is irksome to have to persuade one's fellow states, many of which act out of ignoblemotives.• The decision to fall into line was not made for ignoble reasons, but from financialnecessity.• Can my hon. and diplomaticFriendassure us that these important diplomatic communications were not ultimately put to any ignoble use?• With its own ignoblevoice, blood does, indeed, cry out for blood.
Originignoble
(1400-1500)Latinignobilis, from in-“not” + gnobilis, nobilis ( → NOBLE1)