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indiligent

indiligent adjective: not diligent; idle, slothful.

Adjective

indiligent (comparative more indiligent, superlative most indiligent)

  1. (obsolete) Not diligent; idle, slothful.
    • […] fall upon the indiligent and undeserving1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political

Forms of indiligent

comparativemore indiligent
superlativemost indiligent

Origin of indiligent

From Latin indiligens. Compare French indiligent. See diligent. By surface analysis, in- (“not”) + diligent.

Words formed from indiligent

  • indiligently

Questions about indiligent

What does indiligent mean?
Indiligent means not diligent; idle, slothful.
What part of speech is indiligent?
Indiligent is an adjective.

Words near indiligent in the dictionary

  1. indigrubin
  2. indihumin
  3. indijaggers
  4. indilatory
  5. indiligence
  6. indiligent
  7. indimensible
  8. indiminishable
  9. indin
  10. indinavir
  11. indinic

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