inofficious

adjective

1. Indifferent to obligation or duty.

   obsolete

   Vp thou tame River, vvake; / And from the liquid limbes this ſlumber ſhake: / Thou drovvn'st thy ſelfe in inofficious ſleepe; / And theſe thy ſluggiſh vvaters ſeeme to creepe, / Rather than flovv.

2. Not officious; not civil or attentive.

   obsolete

3. Contrary to one's natural obligation or duty, as of a testament by which a child is unjustly deprived of inheritance.

   obsolete

   the inofficious testament

Where it comes from

From Latin inofficiōsus. Compare French inofficieux. See in- (“not”) + officious.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry inofficious (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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