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Definition of unworthy in English: unworthyadjectiveunworthiest, unworthier ʌnˈwəːðiˌənˈwərði 1Not deserving respect or attention. he was unworthy of trust and unfit to hold office Example sentencesExamples - I do not mean to suggest, however, that this aspect of the novel is unworthy of attention.
- Even ardent royalists may soon begin to feel that their idols are unworthy of either respect or affection.
- This genre was always at the bottom of the hierarchy, unworthy of the superior attention reserved for history painting.
- These may be small issues unworthy of attention, but such details can only help activists in their efforts to improving the quality of life for women and reducing gender discrimination.
- The abuse lowered their self-esteem, which made them more likely to love and support someone unworthy of their attention.
- Likewise, historians of photography had paid relatively little attention to tintypes as being unworthy of serious scholarly attention.
- Historians of the University of Toronto pictured the denominational schools, before they joined the public system, as outlying curiosities unworthy of serious attention.
- There are those who argue that romantic fiction is, at best, on a par with soap opera and Hello magazine: in other words, unworthy of serious attention.
- The vibrant subculture of battle reenactment is too often thought of as merely a hobby or as activity unworthy of sustained analytical attention.
- Feeding the Fire is in fact almost unworthy of attention, because it is too unexercised to become dangerous; it will draw no real notice from critics, and reach at best a slender few hundred readers.
- The therapist then shifted to processing within a view of self-context, often characterized by fears of being imperfect, unworthy, or unlovable.
- Anything classified as a ‘minor’ crime is deemed unworthy of their attention.
- Often, alternative perspectives are dismissed as nonscientific, polemical, or otherwise unworthy of attention.
- The middle class had considered the working-class woman grimy and unattractive, unworthy of individual attention - the very antithesis of a lady.
- They could pass as marginalia, ephemera or mere daily-life minutiae unworthy of serious attention.
- Secondly, you may suspect anyone who treats you well because you feel unworthy of respect or value.
- As tools, these processes and habits don't fit, and the fault is not so much that the object of your studies is unworthy of your scholarly attention as that the analytical methods themselves are inappropriate.
- Low scores indicate self-doubt, a belief that one is unworthy or undesirable, and lack of self-confidence.
- A government that does not advance its people is unworthy of respect.
- The manager gave the impression that the whole idea was a distant fantasy unworthy of immediate attention on Friday, but there was an element of enthusiasm too.
Synonyms undeserving, not worthy, not good enough for, ineligible for, unqualified for, unfit for - 1.1 (of an action) not acceptable, especially from someone with a good reputation or social position.
such a suggestion is unworthy of the Honourable Gentleman Example sentencesExamples - ‘The report was a very mean act, unworthy of a reputable media organization like the BBC,’ he told a press conference.
- According to this explanation, the disappearance was designed to draw attention to his election campaign - and was unworthy of a presidential candidate.
- His application to business was proverbial, though his attention to accounts is often held against him as unworthy of a monarch.
- The South African attacks were cowardly and unprovoked, and unworthy of a coach of his reputation.
- To label those of us suspicious of the EU and its activities as ‘members of extreme right anti-European political parties’ is an unwarranted libel unworthy of an elected representative.
- For my money, this thoughtfulness makes the moments of gratuitous blasphemy (which do happen, but are surely allowed too) disappointingly glib and unworthy of the rest of the script.
- It's weak and tepid, altogether unworthy of Central America's great coffee traditions.
- What you mistake for humor is nothing more than virulent and blatant homophobic garbage, utterly unworthy of the 140-year-old magazine entrusted to your care.
- But if they thought the professor's speech was accurate, and they just wanted to avoid the hassle and cost of a lawsuit, then I think that this is a reaction that's unworthy of a center of learning.
- Of course any girl would be flattered that the object of her crush seems interested, but to take advantage of that makes the teacher unworthy of such a position of trust.
- This was poor design, unworthy of a competent contractor.
Synonyms unbecoming, unsuitable, inappropriate, unbefitting, unfitting, unseemly, improper, incongruous inconsistent, incompatible, out of keeping, out of character, out of place degrading, discreditable, shameful, dishonourable, despicable, ignoble, contemptible, reprehensible, inexcusable, unforgivable - 1.2 Having little merit.
many pieces are unworthy and ungrammatical Example sentencesExamples - At its worst, it was fear of authority for its own sake, allowing no questioning of its justice or merit; and the shame was to be found unworthy in the judgment of that authority.
- Critics seem so often to focus on what books are unworthy or unaccomplished that I feel bad about raining on the parade of something so well liked.
Derivatives adverbʌnˈwəːðɪliˌənˈwərðəli To assume perversity unworthily discredits an integral and honourable part of the justice system. Example sentencesExamples - St. Paul explicitly teaches this in his letter to the Church at Corinth when he wrote, ‘This means that whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily sins against the body and blood of the Lord.’
- You realise, unworthily, that you're in the presence of an entirely un-English sophistication.
- That sin ‘consists in profaning or treating unworthily the sacraments and other liturgical actions, as well as persons, things, or places consecrated to God’.
- When a man who accepts the Christian doctrine lives unworthily of it, it is much clearer to say he is a bad Christian than to say he is not a Christian.
nounʌnˈwəːðɪnəsˌənˈwərðinəs It is an indication of the unworthiness of the Federal ALP to govern that it would break ranks with its state counterparts, stoop to dealing with anti-gay hate groups, and exchange vows with the Coalition on the alter of bigotry. Example sentencesExamples - Throughout the film she feels that Howl would not love her because she isn't a pretty girl, and the removal of her hair is symbolic of her letting go of her own low self-esteem and feelings of unworthiness.
- Markets are similar in their unworthiness, and articulating the case against them is even more important because markets have so much more support around the world - even on the left.
- From these letters we learn of his constant anxiety about conducting, his sense of unworthiness and deficiency, almost crippling, until the moment he stepped before the orchestra, transcending time and place.
- Not only would they save Scotland's capital city from irreversible destruction, but they might also spare Edinburgh the embarrassment of being exposed before Unesco as an example of sheer hypocrisy and unworthiness.
Definition of unworthy in US English: unworthyadjectiveˌənˈwərðiˌənˈwərT͟Hē 1Not deserving effort, attention, or respect. he was unworthy of trust and unfit to hold office Example sentencesExamples - The vibrant subculture of battle reenactment is too often thought of as merely a hobby or as activity unworthy of sustained analytical attention.
- The middle class had considered the working-class woman grimy and unattractive, unworthy of individual attention - the very antithesis of a lady.
- They could pass as marginalia, ephemera or mere daily-life minutiae unworthy of serious attention.
- These may be small issues unworthy of attention, but such details can only help activists in their efforts to improving the quality of life for women and reducing gender discrimination.
- Likewise, historians of photography had paid relatively little attention to tintypes as being unworthy of serious scholarly attention.
- The abuse lowered their self-esteem, which made them more likely to love and support someone unworthy of their attention.
- A government that does not advance its people is unworthy of respect.
- There are those who argue that romantic fiction is, at best, on a par with soap opera and Hello magazine: in other words, unworthy of serious attention.
- Historians of the University of Toronto pictured the denominational schools, before they joined the public system, as outlying curiosities unworthy of serious attention.
- Secondly, you may suspect anyone who treats you well because you feel unworthy of respect or value.
- Often, alternative perspectives are dismissed as nonscientific, polemical, or otherwise unworthy of attention.
- As tools, these processes and habits don't fit, and the fault is not so much that the object of your studies is unworthy of your scholarly attention as that the analytical methods themselves are inappropriate.
- I do not mean to suggest, however, that this aspect of the novel is unworthy of attention.
- Low scores indicate self-doubt, a belief that one is unworthy or undesirable, and lack of self-confidence.
- This genre was always at the bottom of the hierarchy, unworthy of the superior attention reserved for history painting.
- Feeding the Fire is in fact almost unworthy of attention, because it is too unexercised to become dangerous; it will draw no real notice from critics, and reach at best a slender few hundred readers.
- The therapist then shifted to processing within a view of self-context, often characterized by fears of being imperfect, unworthy, or unlovable.
- Anything classified as a ‘minor’ crime is deemed unworthy of their attention.
- The manager gave the impression that the whole idea was a distant fantasy unworthy of immediate attention on Friday, but there was an element of enthusiasm too.
- Even ardent royalists may soon begin to feel that their idols are unworthy of either respect or affection.
Synonyms undeserving, not worthy, not good enough for, ineligible for, unqualified for, unfit for - 1.1 (of a person's action or behavior) not acceptable, especially from someone with a good reputation or social position.
the expression of anger was frowned upon as being unworthy Example sentencesExamples - But if they thought the professor's speech was accurate, and they just wanted to avoid the hassle and cost of a lawsuit, then I think that this is a reaction that's unworthy of a center of learning.
- ‘The report was a very mean act, unworthy of a reputable media organization like the BBC,’ he told a press conference.
- This was poor design, unworthy of a competent contractor.
- For my money, this thoughtfulness makes the moments of gratuitous blasphemy (which do happen, but are surely allowed too) disappointingly glib and unworthy of the rest of the script.
- His application to business was proverbial, though his attention to accounts is often held against him as unworthy of a monarch.
- It's weak and tepid, altogether unworthy of Central America's great coffee traditions.
- Of course any girl would be flattered that the object of her crush seems interested, but to take advantage of that makes the teacher unworthy of such a position of trust.
- The South African attacks were cowardly and unprovoked, and unworthy of a coach of his reputation.
- According to this explanation, the disappearance was designed to draw attention to his election campaign - and was unworthy of a presidential candidate.
- To label those of us suspicious of the EU and its activities as ‘members of extreme right anti-European political parties’ is an unwarranted libel unworthy of an elected representative.
- What you mistake for humor is nothing more than virulent and blatant homophobic garbage, utterly unworthy of the 140-year-old magazine entrusted to your care.
Synonyms unbecoming, unsuitable, inappropriate, unbefitting, unfitting, unseemly, improper, incongruous - 1.2 Having little value or merit.
many pieces are unworthy and ungrammatical Example sentencesExamples - At its worst, it was fear of authority for its own sake, allowing no questioning of its justice or merit; and the shame was to be found unworthy in the judgment of that authority.
- Critics seem so often to focus on what books are unworthy or unaccomplished that I feel bad about raining on the parade of something so well liked.
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