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indegnità

unworthiness, indignity

noun een-deh-nyee-TAH Rare

Origin: from Latin indignitas

Usage Note

Indegnità refers to the state of being unworthy or the quality of an act that is beneath one's dignity. In Italian inheritance law it is a technical term: indegnità a succedere means legal unworthiness to inherit. Like all nouns in -tà, it is invariable in the plural: le indegnità. The related adjective is indegno.

Examples

"L'indegnità del suo comportamento era evidente."

Natural Translation

The unworthiness of his behaviour was evident.

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