inglorious

英 [ɪn'glɔːrɪəs] 美['ven'glɔrɪəs]

• adj. 可耻的；不名誉的；不体面的

1. (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame;

"Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson

"an ignominious retreat"

"inglorious defeat"

"an opprobrious monument to human greed"

"a shameful display of cowardice"

2. not bringing honor and glory;

"some mute inglorious Milton here may rest"