as in worthless
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Recent Examples of unworthy
He wasn’t stranded on an unworthy roster as a rookie the way Bedard was.
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Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
While the company, its car dealers, factory workers and white-collar engineers were all urging Congress to back Chrysler, news outlets aired interviews with people who denounced the auto industry and criticized the company as unworthy of a government loan.
—Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 31 Dec. 2024
The play’s supernatural subtext was always a cheap theatrical gimmick, unconvincing and unworthy of Wilson’s seriousness about black Americans escaping imposed Christianity and developing their own skepticism.
—Armond White, National Review, 27 Dec. 2024
Some fan accounts implied Blanco was unworthy of the actor and pop star.
—Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
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Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
While the company, its car dealers, factory workers and white-collar engineers were all urging Congress to back Chrysler, news outlets aired interviews with people who denounced the auto industry and criticized the company as unworthy of a government loan.
—Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 31 Dec. 2024
The play’s supernatural subtext was always a cheap theatrical gimmick, unconvincing and unworthy of Wilson’s seriousness about black Americans escaping imposed Christianity and developing their own skepticism.
—Armond White, National Review, 27 Dec. 2024
Some fan accounts implied Blanco was unworthy of the actor and pop star.
—Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unworthy
Adjective
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The problem with these groups is that not only are you being sold something that is probably close to worthless, but by not dealing directly with an attorney there is no attorney-client privilege which protects the communications between these groups and their clients.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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In a political and social climate ripe with fear and uncertainty, survival can feel like a worthless pursuit, but Black history teaches us how to live in liminality — to embrace the unknown, the in-between, the transitional.—
Mathew Holloway,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Between the third and fourth rounds, Liston reportedly took a dishonorable course.—
Mikal Gilmore,
Rolling Stone,
17 Jan. 2025
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Now that she’s been arrested for Harkness’ death, will William do something dishonorable to get her back?—
Lincee Ray,
EW.com,
4 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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That’s crazy to me: divine love shown to us through a disgusting and emaciated corpse hanging on a tool of execution.—
Mike Lowenberg,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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What happens when a social influencer builds her entire rep on a disgusting lie?—
Randy Myers,
The Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2025
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“Unworthy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unworthy. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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