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Unworthiness

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Noun

1. unworthiness

the quality or state of lacking merit or value

2. inappropriateness, unworthiness

the quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting

Example Sentences:
'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'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Unworthiness

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adjective
1. (often foll by of)
not deserving or worthy
2. (often foll by of)
beneath the level considered befitting (to)
that remark is unworthy of you
3. 
lacking merit or value
4. 
(of treatment) not warranted or deserved

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Unworthiness

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adjectiveWord forms: unˈworthier or unˈworthiest
1. 
lacking merit or value; worthless
2. 
not deserving
often with of
3. 
not fit or becoming
usually with of
a remark unworthy of a gentleman
4. 
not deserved or warranted

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Unworthiness

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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.

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