1
as in low
belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank
an ignoble child who would one day grow up to be a prince among playwrights
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as in vile
not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency
such an ignoble act is completely unworthy of a military officer
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Recent Examples of ignoble
My focus is down to the ignoble little health annoyances that seem to cap and even eclipse a major setback.
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John Updike, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
And bugs’ ignoble practices exert fascination on poets too.
—Hannah Brooks-Motl
june 2, Literary Hub, 2 June 2025
Within hours, your unscrupulous corporate rivals bask in ignoble victory.
—Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
The janky but oddly addictive Friday the 13th: The Game goes offline for good at the end of the year — an ignoble but perhaps inevitable fate for an interactive slasher that’s been plagued by problems since its rocky launch in 2017.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 13 Sep. 2024
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John Updike, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
And bugs’ ignoble practices exert fascination on poets too.
—Hannah Brooks-Motl
june 2, Literary Hub, 2 June 2025
Within hours, your unscrupulous corporate rivals bask in ignoble victory.
—Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
The janky but oddly addictive Friday the 13th: The Game goes offline for good at the end of the year — an ignoble but perhaps inevitable fate for an interactive slasher that’s been plagued by problems since its rocky launch in 2017.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 13 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ignoble
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Major House personalities head for the door as 2026 rolls around, leaving many wondering how the lower chamber will change with these shifts.—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
21 Sep. 2025
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The defense for Texas has held up its end of the bargain, stopping the run well, allowing one of the lowest rushing yard totals per game in the country.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Sep. 2025
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Free speech scholars maintain the most vile and reprehensible speech, including that which celebrates someone's death, is legally protected — not from the consequences meted by private employers, but from government suppression.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
20 Sep. 2025
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Continue reading … INSTANT KARMA – School administrator who made vile Kirk assassination comment no longer employed.—
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FOXNews.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Below that sits the pedestrian CLK 500 and plebeian CLK 350.—
Jeremy Korzeniewski,
Robb Report,
26 Feb. 2025
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Across the lake, on the plebeian side, up the shoreline a mile or so, in the heart of downtown West Palm Beach, stand twin 32-story towers dubbed Trump Plaza of the Palm Beaches.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2025
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The gentle, fragrance-free formula leaves even the dirtiest of clothes spotless.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Ahead of Lipa’s arrival the team was busy setting up trays of extra dirty martinis, her preferred drink.—
Leigh Nordstrom,
Footwear News,
16 Sep. 2025
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Even a humble vape pen could serve a website until too many curious visitors try to connect.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Sep. 2025
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Don’t include the humble brags.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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The show is set just two years before the USCSS Nostromo crew touched down on LV-426, and brought something very nasty on board.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
20 Sep. 2025
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Eddie’s answer was a little nastier than that.—
Shamira Ibrahim,
Vulture,
19 Sep. 2025
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The book is filled with vulgar pictures, with many faces blacked out, and messages both handwritten and typed from well-wishers for Epstein’s 50th birthday.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
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The biopic is the vulgar but necessary tribute inherently populist cinema pays to more traditional, higher-brow art.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, cousin Edmund, an aspiring clergyman, falls under the charms of Mary Crawford, written by Austen as a charming but immoral woman.—
Emily Zarevich,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Sep. 2025
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Ladapo said the decision was not reached according to the data, but instead on his view that vaccine mandates are immoral and outside the scope of the government’s authority.—
Sarah Fortinsky,
The Hill,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Ignoble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ignoble. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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