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undignifying

undignifying adjective: not conferring dignity; undignified; demeaning.

Adjective

undignifying (comparative more undignifying, superlative most undignifying)

  1. Not conferring dignity; undignified; demeaning.
    • Of course, no one should view domestic labor as undignifying.1996, Maria H. Morales, Perfect equality: John Stuart Mill on well-constituted communities, page 190

Forms of undignifying

comparativemore undignifying
superlativemost undignifying

Origin of undignifying

From un- + dignifying.

Questions about undignifying

What does undignifying mean?
Undignifying means not conferring dignity; undignified; demeaning.
What part of speech is undignifying?
Undignifying is an adjective.

Words near undignifying in the dictionary

  1. undignified
  2. undignifiedly
  3. undignifiedness
  4. undignifies
  5. undignify
  6. undignifying
  7. undignity
  8. undigs
  9. undiked
  10. undilapidated
  11. undilatable

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