\ig-NOH-bul\, adjective: 1 Of low birth or family; not noble; not illustrious; plebeian; common; humble 2 Not noble in quality, character, or purpose; characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness
disapproval If you describe something as ignoble, you mean that it is bad and something to be ashamed of. ignoble thoughts. ignoble thoughts, feelings, or actions are ones that you should feel ashamed or embarrassed about (ignobilis, from in- + gnobilis, nobilis ( NOBLE))
completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose; "something cowardly and ignoble in his attitude"; "I think it a less evil that some criminals should escape than that the government should play an ignoble part"- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr