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unworthily

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un·wor·thy  (n-wûr)
adj. un·wor·thi·er, un·wor·thi·est
1.
a. Insufficient in worth; undeserving: a bad plan unworthy of our consideration.
b. Lacking value or merit; worthless.
2. Not suiting or befitting: "The acquaintances she had already formed were unworthy of her" Jane Austen.
3. Vile; despicable.
un·worthi·ly adv.
un·worthi·ness n.
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Adv.1.unworthily - in an unworthy manner
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They pounce on the idea, and distort it, and then work it out so pettily and unworthily.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
Jekyll, whom he had long so unworthily repaid for a thousand generosities, need labour under no alarm for his safety, as he had means of escape on which he placed a sure dependence.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
Vice had not so depraved my heart as to excite in it an insensibility of so much paternal affection, though so unworthily bestowed.
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