Definition of "ignoble" []

• Not noble in quality, character, or purpose; base or mean. See Synonyms at mean2. (adjective)
• Not of the nobility; common. (adjective)

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• "He was highly vilified by foes and Nigerians in general for what they described as ignoble acts that questioned his credibility and brought disrespect to his office."
• "Even the name of the award, a play on the word "ignoble," is meant to be deprecating."
• ""If I use my discrimination, father, I call ignoble what my father calls natural.""