Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Inglorious \In*glo"ri*ous\, a. [L. inglorious; pref. in- not +
   gloria glory, fame: cf. F. inglorieux. See {Glory}.]
   1. Not glorious; not bringing honor or glory; not accompanied
      with fame, honor, or celebrity; obscure; humble; as, an
      inglorious life of ease. --Shak.

            My next desire is, void of care and strife, To lead
            a soft, secure, inglorious life.      --Dryden.

            Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest. --Gray.

   2. Shameful; disgraceful; ignominious; as, inglorious flight,
      defeat, etc.

            Inglorious shelter in an alien land.  --J. Philips.

Source : WordNet®

inglorious
     adj 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" [syn: {black},
             {disgraceful}, {ignominious}, {opprobrious}, {shameful}]
     2: not bringing honor and glory; "some mute inglorious Milton
        here may rest" [syn: {dishonorable}] [ant: {glorious}]