無む下げ

na-adjective, noun

completely; utterly; without a doubt

Used adverbially, almost always in the form 無下に (むげに). Emphasizes that something is done without reservation or to a complete degree.

See also: 無下に

• 彼かれの提てい案あんを無む下げに断ことわるわけにはいかない。

  I can't just flatly refuse his proposal.

• その話はなしを無む下げに否ひ定ていするのはよくない。

  It's not good to completely deny that story.

noun, na-adjective

out of the question; unthinkable; outrageous

Describes something so unreasonable or impossible that it cannot even be considered. Often used in negative contexts.

• そんな要よう求きゅうは無む下げだ。

  That demand is out of the question.

noun, na-adjective

utterly inferior; helpless; wretched

Conveys a state of extreme inferiority, helplessness, or misery. Sense 3 (inferior/helpless) and sense 4 (misery/wretchedness) are closely related and merged here.

• 彼かれの境きょう遇ぐうはまったく無む下げなものだった。

  His circumstances were utterly wretched.

nari-adjective (archaic / formal), noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

to an extreme degree; terribly

Archaic usage. Found in classical Japanese; not used in modern speech.

• 古こ文ぶんでは「無む下げなり」と用もちいられ、甚はなはだしい様よう子すを表あらわした。

  In classical Japanese, it was used as '無下なり' to express an extreme state.