Unworthiness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The characteristic or condition of being unworthy. countable, uncountable

    "Fer. VVherefore weepe you ? Mir. At mine vnworthineſſe, that dare not offer / VVhat I deſire to giue ; and much leſſe take / VVhat I ſhall die to want :[…]"

  2. 2
    the quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting wordnet
  3. 3
    the quality or state of lacking merit or value wordnet

Synonyms

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gaudinessinappropriatenessinappropriatenessmeannesssadnessunworthness

Example

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"Layla couldn't rid of the feelings of insecurity and unworthiness."

Etymology

From Middle English unworthynesse; equivalent to unworthy + -ness or un- + worthiness.

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