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Unofficious vs Inofficious - What's the difference?

unofficious | inofficious |

As adjectives the difference between unofficious and inofficious

is that unofficious is not officious while inofficious is (obsolete) indifferent to obligation or duty.

unofficious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not officious.

    • inofficious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Indifferent to obligation or duty.
    • Thou drown'st thyself in inofficious sleep. — Ben Jonson.
  • (obsolete) Not officious; not civil or attentive.
    • (Johnson)
  • (obsolete, legal) Contrary to one's natural obligation or duty, as of a testament by which a child is unjustly deprived of inheritance.
    • The inofficious testament. — Blackstone.
    An inofficious disposition of his fortune. — Paley.
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