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Yes, ignominious is playable

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"Ignominious" Definition

adjective

Degrading; debasing: "The young people huddled with their sodden gritty towels and ignominious goosebumps inside the gray-shingled bathhouse” ( John Updike).

Source: American Heritage Dictionary

Deserving disgrace or shame; despicable.

Source: American Heritage Dictionary

Marked by shame or disgrace: "It was an ignominious end ... as a desperate mutiny by a handful of soldiers blossomed into full-scale revolt” ( Angus Deming).

Source: American Heritage Dictionary

Marked with or characterized by disgrace or shame .

Source: Merriam-Webster

Deserving of shame or infamy .

Source: Merriam-Webster

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