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indiligent

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
in-dili-gent
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not diligent; idle, slothful.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more indiligent (comparative) most indiligent (superlative)

Derived Forms

indiligently

Questions

What does indiligent mean?
Not diligent; idle, slothful.
Where does indiligent come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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