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unworthiness

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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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Noun1.unworthinessunworthiness - the quality or state of lacking merit or value
baseness, contemptibility, despicability, despicableness, sordidness - unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values
disgracefulness, ignominiousness, shamefulness - unworthiness meriting public disgrace and dishonor
bad, badness - that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"
worthiness - the quality or state of having merit or value
2.unworthiness - the quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting; "he retracted nothing that he had said about the inappropriateness of either a corporeal God or a God who is a person"; "his praise released from her loud protestations of her unworthiness"
inappropriateness
unsuitability, unsuitableness, ineptness - the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose
inappositeness, inaptness - inappropriateness; "greater inaptness of expression would be hard to imagine"
infelicity - inappropriate and unpleasing manner or style (especially manner or style of expression)
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with what a sickening sense of his unworthiness he now inserted it into the well-oiled lock and entered that citadel of the proprieties
Tales and Fantasies by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
Remember Thy bounteous mercy and loving-kindness which are from of old; turn not Thy face from us, but be gracious to our unworthiness, and in Thy great goodness and Thy many mercies regard not our transgressions and iniquities
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
Perhaps during former years he had suffered from the late-discovered unworthiness of one beloved and so was disposed to set a greater value on tried worth.
Frankenstein by Shelley, Mary View in context
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