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# undignified

adjective (undignified)

«undignified» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Making you look silly or embarrassed; not calm, proper or serious. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undignified/#m1)

### In the lessons

A feelings word in stories: falling in a puddle or crawling through a hedge is undignified. Toad in The Wind in the Willows hates undignified moments, like being thrown into the canal by the barge-woman. Alice feels undignified when she grows and shrinks.

### Examples

- Slipping on the ice was very undignified. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undignified/#x1)
- Toad was thrown into the water in a most undignified way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undignified/#x2)
- The cat made an undignified leap and missed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undignified/#x3)
- It's undignified to sulk in public. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undignified/#x4)
- The judge's wig fell off in an undignified moment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undignified/#x5)
- He climbed out in an undignified scramble. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undignified/#x6)
- She had to run about after him, though it was rather undignified. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undignified/#x7)

### Note

Adjective; opposite «dignified»; noun «dignity». Spelling: un-dig-ni-fied.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «undignified» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undignified/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«undignified» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/undignified.html) on Mova free.