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ignoble

[ig-noh-buhl] / ɪgˈnoʊ bəl /


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Also, he considers it ignoble to ride an elevator down after the climb, as Honnold has said he’ll do.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 23, 2026

“It has these very ignoble beginnings,” said Mark P. Nevitt, a law professor at Emory University and one of the country’s foremost experts on the statute.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 28, 2025

Simple, ignoble, under-appreciated green cabbage: It has got to be one of the most unpretentious and humblest in all of the Cruciferae family, if not among the entire vegetable kingdom.

From Salon Mar. 14, 2024

In “Monolith,” a single-setting thriller from the Australian director Matt Vesely, a recently disgraced investigative journalist attempts to salvage her career by accepting an ignoble and humiliating task: starting a podcast.

From New York Times Feb. 15, 2024

Jealousy seemed to him the most ignoble of vices.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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