In`of*fi"cious (?), a. [L. inofficiosus: cf. F.inofficieux. See In- not, and Officious.]
1.
Indifferent to obligation or duty.
[Obs.]
Thou drown'st thyself in inofficious sleep.
B. Jonson.
2.
Not officious; not civil or attentive.
[Obs.]
Jonhson.
3. Law
Regardless of natural obligation; contrary to natural duty; unkind; -- commonly said of a testament made without regard to natural obligation, or by which a child is unjustly deprived of inheritance.
"The
inofficious testament."
Blackstone. "An inofficious disposition of his fortune."
Paley.
© Webster 1913.