indiligent

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

indiligent (comparative more indiligent, superlative most indiligent)

1. (obsolete) Not diligent; idle, slothful.
   • 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political:

     […] fall upon the indiligent and undeserving

Derived terms

• indiligently

References

“indiligent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.