indiligence

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Latin indiligentia: compare French indiligence.

Noun[edit]

indiligence (uncountable)

  1. Lack of diligence.
    • 1641, Ben Jonson, Discoveries Made upon Men and Matter[1]:
      conceit and capacity, by the indiligence of an idle tongue

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