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English
Etymology
From Latin indiligens. Compare French indiligent. See diligent. By surface analysis, in- (“not”) + diligent.
Adjective
indiligent (comparative more indiligent, superlative most indiligent)
- (obsolete) Not diligent; idle, slothful.
1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political:[…] fall upon the indiligent and undeserving
Derived terms
References
“indiligent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.