Antonyms for unworthy
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : uhn-wur-thee |
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈwɜr ði |
Definition 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
- 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
Synonyms for unworthy
- base
- beneath
- blamable
- contemptible
- degrading
- disgraceful
- dishonorable
- disreputable
- good-for-nothing
- ignoble
- improper
- inappropriate
- ineligible
- inexcusable
- no-account
- no-good
- not deserving
- not fit
- not good enough
- not worth
- nothing
- offensive
- out of place
- recreant
- reprehensible
- shameful
- unbecoming
- unbefitting
- undeserving
- unfit
- unmerited
- unseemly
- unsuitable
- valueless
- vile
- wretched
- wrong
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