Ignoble

a.	1.	Of low birth or family; not noble; not illustrious; plebeian; common; humble. I was not ignoble of descent. - Shak. Her royal stock graft with ignoble plants. - Shak.
	2.	Not honorable, elevated, or generous; base. 'T is but a base, ignoble mind, That mounts no higher than a bird can soar. - Shak. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife. - Gray.
	3.	(Zool.) Not a true or noble falcon; - said of certain hawks, as the goshawk.
v. t.	1.	To make ignoble.

Adj.	1.	ignoble - completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose; "something cowardly and ignoble in his attitude"; "I think it a less evil that some criminals should escape than that the government should play an ignoble part"- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Antonyms: noble - having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character; "a noble spirit"; "noble deeds"
	2.	ignoble - not of the nobility; "of ignoble (or ungentle) birth"; "untitled civilians" Synonyms: ungentle, untitled

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