† indiligentadj.
Obsolete.
1. Not diligent; idle, slothful.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > indiligent or remiss
nesheOE
slackc897
undreigha1350
dissolutea1382
defaultyc1390
defaultive1398
remissivec1487
remissa1500
slakea1538
undiligent1564
unindustrious1599
discinct1604
unofficious1611
inindustriousa1631
indiligent1633
lax1812
remissful1836
1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts ii. 50 So is the unfaithfull and indiligent man apt to lay the fault upon his maker.
1670 J. Evelyn Let. 20 Jan. in Diary & Corr. (1852) III. 222 I easily believe his Majesty will neither believe the time long nor me altogether indiligent, if he do not receive this history so soon as otherwise he might have expected.
2. Inattentive, heedless, careless.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > [adjective]
unmindfula1382
unminda1400
mindlessa1425
indiligent1549
regardless1578
heedless1579
unheedy1579
unregarding?1585
unattentive1591
thoughtless1592
unobservant1615
unobservinga1628
tentless1636
unattending1637
inadvertent1653
inobservant1663
inadverting1678
incurious1691
wistless1747
unnoticing1751
unheeding1770
inattentive1785
unrecking1824
unnoting1826
oblivious1854
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > careless or heedless
getelessc1175
untimingc1350
unmindfula1382
negligentc1390
unminda1400
roughtlessa1500
respectlessa1542
indiligent1549
unheedful1570
regardless1578
heedless1579
unheedy1579
unregarding?1585
unrespective1594
neglectful1595
unregardful1598
unobservinga1628
tentless1636
disregardfula1641
unregardant1652
inadvertent1653
disregarding1659
unaspective1661
inobservant1663
unheeding1770
unobservant1775
inattentive1785
disregardant1816
unrecking1824
unminded1831
unchary1856
amelectic1879
irregardless1912
blithe1922
slap-happy1937
1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Piij They are indiligent remembrerers what is written in many places of scripture concerning theyr duties.
a1617 P. Baynes Comm. First & Second Chapters Colossians (1634) 119 There is such an indiligent carelesnesse that we let them hang in the ayre.
a1657 W. Burton Comm. Antoninus his Itinerary (1658) 26 As will easily appear to the not indiligent Reader of Beda.
1738 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses I. 22 The most indiligent observer.
Derivatives
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adverb] > without diligence
slowlyeOE
slacklyc960
unduly1423
remissly1533
slenderly?1542
dissolutely1553
indiligentlya1631
slack1641
undiligently1645
unindustriously1659
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1955) II. 50 Let us..not pray, not preach, not hear, slackly, suddenly, unadvisedly, extemporally, occasionally, indiligently.
a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) i. 4 After I had spent some years (not altogether indiligently) under the Ferule of such Masters.
1775 E. Harwood Classics Pref. 11 I have not indiligently revised the whole.
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