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Synonyms for unworthy


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uhn-wur-thee
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈwɜr ði

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Définition of unworthy

Origin :
  • mid-13c., unwurði, from un- (1) "not" + worthy. Cf. Middle Dutch onwerdich, Dutch onwaardig, Middle Low German unwerdich, Old High German unwirdig, Old Norse uverðugr.
  • adj not of value
Example sentences :
  • Then I regret to say that the boy, Robert Rushton, is unworthy of your friendship.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • I am the unworthy servant and delegate of him who holds the keys.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • That they are the gifts of His grace and that I am unworthy of them, 3.
  • Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
  • Character is a sacred thing, and it is unworthy of you to trifle with it.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • Heaven protect me from a prejudice so unworthy of my reason!
  • Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • One of the examiners is said to have declared that he was unworthy to cut Thomson's pencils.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • That would have been an abuse of our treaties, and unworthy of your character.
  • Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Then was Mr. Solmes told, that I was unworthy of his pursuit.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Called "trousers" by the enlightened and "pants" by the unworthy.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • I had been unworthy to love Evelyn if I had not loved honour more!
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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