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What does ignoble mean?

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Adjective
  1. Not noble; plebeian; common.
  2. Not honorable; base.
  3. Not a true or "noble" falcon; said of certain hawks, such as the goshawk.
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The story of native residential schools is an ignoble chapter in Canadian history.
The life of the powerful wonderworker would have ended in ignoble solitude and inglorious obscurity.
And yes, incidentally, I do know that it's ignoble and cowardly and pusillanimous, but I'll swap you for a decent night's sleep.
In the eyes of many contemporary and also later Chinese, this was an ignoble outcome that strongly compromised China's dignity and interests.
At the sight of them a rude, equally animal resentment rises in me, compounded of shame, fear, and ignoble joy not to be one of them.
This was the type of fight that boxing fans like and purists of the ignoble art turn their backs on.

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