Unworthy

//ʌnˈwɝði// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An inadequate person.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Not worthy; lacking value or merit; worthless.

    "[…]But alas the while! If Hercules and Lichas play at dice Which is the better man, the greater throw May turn by the fortune from the weaker hand: So is Alcides beaten by his page; And so may I, blind Fortune leading me, Miss that which one unworthier may attain, And die with grieving."

Adjective
  1. 1
    morally reprehensible wordnet
  2. 2
    lacking in value or merit wordnet
  3. 3
    not deserving wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
despicableundeservingunmeritedaberrantabominablearrant

Example

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"They are unworthy of the praise given them."

Etymology

From Middle English unworthy, equivalent to un- + worthy.

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