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·wor thi·ly adv.un·wor thi·ness n. |
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| Noun | 1. |  unworthiness - the quality or state of lacking merit or valuebaseness, contemptibility, despicability, despicableness, sordidness - unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values 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" 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) |
Translations
unworthiness
n → Unwürdigkeit f
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