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unˈdiligent, a. (un-1 8 and 5 b.)
1547Baldwin Mor. Philos 111 Those which be vndiligent, carelesse, and sluggish. 1570Levins Manip. 69 Vndiligent, incurius. 1649Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. i. Disc. iv. 122 He that is apt to be angry..may at some time or other be surprized when his guards are undiligent. a1684Leighton Comm. 1 Pet. iii. 19–21 Why wear you out the day of grace..as uncertain of Christ, yea, as undiligent after Him, as you were long ago? 1886Ruskin Præterita II. ix. 330 Though perfectly well-behaved, he was undiligent and effectless. Hence unˈdiligently adv.
1645Milton Tetrach. Wks. 1851 IV. 209 Cameron.., commenting this place not undiligently, affirmes that [etc.]. |