undignified
pronunciation
How to pronounce undignified in British English:
UK [ʌnˈdɪgnɪfaɪd]
How to pronounce undignified in American English:
US [ʌnˈdɪɡnəˌfaɪd]
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- Adjective:
- lacking dignity
Word Origin
- undignified (adj.)
- 1680s, of clergy, "not holding a position of dignity," from un- (1) "not" + dignified. Meaning "lacking in dignity of manner" is attested from 1782.
Example
- 1. Mothers-to-be endure the most undignified experiences . The same is true of those struggling to become pregnant .
- 2. The celebrity chef who yells at his staff and customers makes an undignified sight , but who is to say that he is unhappy ?
- 3. He saw the home run as an abasement of the game he loved , a cheap , undignified method of scoring runs .
- 4. Peters says we must get the market to reward us , which can be hard to achieve when you were taught that to ask for more money was greedy and undignified .
- 5. Relatively undignified as it is , football offers grounds for hope here : beloved black footballers have probably done more for race relations in britain than many decrees and activists .