Unworthy
adjective
Not good enough or deserving for something.
He felt unworthy of his father's praise.
Often appears as...
- unworthy of consideration
- unworthy of respect
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Disapproving
adjective
Lacking in value or merit, not deserving respect.
He considered himself unworthy to be called an artist.
Often appears as...
- unworthy of note
- unworthy of merit
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Disapproving
adjective
Not fitting or appropriate for someone, beneath their dignity.
She regarded cleaning as an unworthy task.
Often appears as...
- unworthy behavior
- unworthy of attention
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Disapproving
adjective
Not good enough or deserving for something.
He felt unworthy of his father's praise.
Often appears as...
- unworthy of consideration
- unworthy of respect
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Lacking in value or merit, not deserving respect.
He considered himself unworthy to be called an artist.
Often appears as...
- unworthy of note
- unworthy of merit
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Not fitting or appropriate for someone, beneath their dignity.
She regarded cleaning as an unworthy task.
Often appears as...
- unworthy behavior
- unworthy of attention
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Self-Evaluation
Used when someone feels they don't meet the standards or deserve something.
Despite accolades, he saw himself as unworthy of the award.
Pro Tip 2/3Rejection Sensation
Expresses a feeling that someone or something is not worth consideration or time.
The proposal was dismissed as unworthy of further discussion.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Impact
Implies deep emotional responses like guilt or inadequacy.
She couldn't shake the feeling of being unworthy of happiness.
Pro Tip 1/3Self-Evaluation
Used when someone feels they don't meet the standards or deserve something.
Despite accolades, he saw himself as unworthy of the award.
Pro Tip 2/3Rejection Sensation
Expresses a feeling that someone or something is not worth consideration or time.
The proposal was dismissed as unworthy of further discussion.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Impact
Implies deep emotional responses like guilt or inadequacy.
She couldn't shake the feeling of being unworthy of happiness.
Pro Tip 1/3Self-Evaluation
Used when someone feels they don't meet the standards or deserve something.
Despite accolades, he saw himself as unworthy of the award.
Pro Tip 2/3Rejection Sensation
Expresses a feeling that someone or something is not worth consideration or time.
The proposal was dismissed as unworthy of further discussion.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Impact
Implies deep emotional responses like guilt or inadequacy.
She couldn't shake the feeling of being unworthy of happiness.
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A queer vision of love...
I had someone look me in my eyes and tell me that I was unworthy of their love because I was trans. And there's a culture of lovelessness that we've created around transgender people. It's reasoned, justified and often signed into law. And I was a heartbeat away from internalizing that message, that I wasn't worthy. But Kim said that I was her ideal --
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Steven Pinker and...
The advantages derived from peace diffuse themselves far and wide, and reach great numbers, while in war, if anything turns out happily, the advantage redounds only to a few, and those unworthy of reaping it. One man's safety is owing to the destruction of another. One man's prize is derived from the plunder of another.
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The five major world...
to strengthen their willpower and their reliance on God; and Hajj, once in a lifetime, every Muslim who is able must make a pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca, rehearsing for the time when they will stand before God to be judged worthy or unworthy of eternal life with Him.
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Rodney Mullen: Pop an...
so they're not -- you never know who you're dealing with. We've all had some degree of fame. In fact, I've had so much success that I strangely always feel unworthy of. I've had a patent, and that was cool, and we started a company, and it grew, and it became the biggest,
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For the love of fangirls...
that they are designed just a bit crazier than the boys, then isn't that a little bit like telling them that they are born less capable of rationality than men, less capable of reason and unworthy of the same intellectual respect as their brothers.
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Meet the microscopic...
now think of medication. Perhaps my favorite example comes from colleagues who are studying a pond scum microorganism, which is tragically named after the cow dung it was first found in. It's pretty unremarkable and would be unworthy of discussion,
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What makes something...
The joke here is that not even a god can handle the amount of paperwork demanded by the modern workplace. But the reason why is telling. He's unwilling to delegate any of the work because he deems everyone else unworthy of the task.
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There's more to life...
I do. I'll walk by someone I know and barely acknowledge them. I'll check my phone when someone's talking to me. These acts devalue others. They make them feel invisible and unworthy. But when you lead with love, you create a bond
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How Moms Shape The World...
If the stories we tell, both on an interpersonal level as well as in literature and in media, deem mothers as unimportant, as unworthy of being seen and considered, then these opinions will be reflected
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Tutankhamun's True...
so he could have the bigger tomb for himself. This is the tomb that was intended for Tutankhamun, the tomb of Ay Ay banished Tutankhamun to an unworthy tomb
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A queer vision of love...
I had someone look me in my eyes and tell me that I was unworthy of their love because I was trans. And there's a culture of lovelessness that we've created around transgender people. It's reasoned, justified and often signed into law. And I was a heartbeat away from internalizing that message, that I wasn't worthy. But Kim said that I was her ideal --
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Steven Pinker and...
The advantages derived from peace diffuse themselves far and wide, and reach great numbers, while in war, if anything turns out happily, the advantage redounds only to a few, and those unworthy of reaping it. One man's safety is owing to the destruction of another. One man's prize is derived from the plunder of another.
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The five major world...
to strengthen their willpower and their reliance on God; and Hajj, once in a lifetime, every Muslim who is able must make a pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca, rehearsing for the time when they will stand before God to be judged worthy or unworthy of eternal life with Him.
Video examples
Rodney Mullen: Pop an...
so they're not -- you never know who you're dealing with. We've all had some degree of fame. In fact, I've had so much success that I strangely always feel unworthy of. I've had a patent, and that was cool, and we started a company, and it grew, and it became the biggest,
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For the love of fangirls...
that they are designed just a bit crazier than the boys, then isn't that a little bit like telling them that they are born less capable of rationality than men, less capable of reason and unworthy of the same intellectual respect as their brothers.
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Meet the microscopic...
now think of medication. Perhaps my favorite example comes from colleagues who are studying a pond scum microorganism, which is tragically named after the cow dung it was first found in. It's pretty unremarkable and would be unworthy of discussion,
Video examples
What makes something...
The joke here is that not even a god can handle the amount of paperwork demanded by the modern workplace. But the reason why is telling. He's unwilling to delegate any of the work because he deems everyone else unworthy of the task.
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There's more to life...
I do. I'll walk by someone I know and barely acknowledge them. I'll check my phone when someone's talking to me. These acts devalue others. They make them feel invisible and unworthy. But when you lead with love, you create a bond
Video examples
How Moms Shape The World...
If the stories we tell, both on an interpersonal level as well as in literature and in media, deem mothers as unimportant, as unworthy of being seen and considered, then these opinions will be reflected
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Tutankhamun's True...
so he could have the bigger tomb for himself. This is the tomb that was intended for Tutankhamun, the tomb of Ay Ay banished Tutankhamun to an unworthy tomb
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Gary Zukav
American Author
The next time you feel unworthy, inadequate or inferior, remember that these experiences have nothing to do with humbleness, any more than lowering yourself to connect with another individual has to do with humbleness. There are no lower or higher individuals in the perception of a humble person. There are only souls. There is only love.
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Jennifer Weiner
American Writer
I think it's a very old and deep-seated double standard that holds that when a man writes about family and feelings, it's literature with a capital L, but when a woman considers the same topics, it's romance, or a beach book - in short, it's something unworthy of a serious critic's attention.
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Adam Cohen
American Journalist
An election in which people have to wait 10 hours to vote, or in which black voters wait in the rain for hours, while white voters zip through polling places, is unworthy of the world's leading democracy.
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Bertrand Russell
British Philosopher
Many a man will have the courage to die gallantly, but will not have the courage to say, or even to think, that the cause for which he is asked to die is an unworthy one.
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Ellen G. White
American Writer
God's people are peculiar. Their spirit cannot mingle with the spirit and influence of the world. You do not wish to bear the Christian name and yet be unworthy of it.
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Francis Scott Key
American Author
He will therefore seek to establish for his country in the eyes of the world, such a character as shall make her not unworthy of the name of a Christian nation.
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Kim Brooks
American Writer
What an awful burden we mothers and fathers, Jewish and not, have to bear - to hatch a thing we love more than ourselves into a world so fundamentally unworthy.
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Jim Caviezel
American Actor
I felt unworthy to play Jesus. I just accepted the responsibility and said, 'What actor wouldn't want to play this role?
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Ambrose Bierce
American Journalist
Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.
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Frankie Faison
American Actor
No one deserves any more respect than the other person until they prove themselves unworthy.
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Gary Zukav
American Author
The next time you feel unworthy, inadequate or inferior, remember that these experiences have nothing to do with humbleness, any more than lowering yourself to connect with another individual has to do with humbleness. There are no lower or higher individuals in the perception of a humble person. There are only souls. There is only love.
Quote examples
Jennifer Weiner
American Writer
I think it's a very old and deep-seated double standard that holds that when a man writes about family and feelings, it's literature with a capital L, but when a woman considers the same topics, it's romance, or a beach book - in short, it's something unworthy of a serious critic's attention.
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Adam Cohen
American Journalist
An election in which people have to wait 10 hours to vote, or in which black voters wait in the rain for hours, while white voters zip through polling places, is unworthy of the world's leading democracy.
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Bertrand Russell
British Philosopher
Many a man will have the courage to die gallantly, but will not have the courage to say, or even to think, that the cause for which he is asked to die is an unworthy one.
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Ellen G. White
American Writer
God's people are peculiar. Their spirit cannot mingle with the spirit and influence of the world. You do not wish to bear the Christian name and yet be unworthy of it.
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Francis Scott Key
American Author
He will therefore seek to establish for his country in the eyes of the world, such a character as shall make her not unworthy of the name of a Christian nation.
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Kim Brooks
American Writer
What an awful burden we mothers and fathers, Jewish and not, have to bear - to hatch a thing we love more than ourselves into a world so fundamentally unworthy.
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Jim Caviezel
American Actor
I felt unworthy to play Jesus. I just accepted the responsibility and said, 'What actor wouldn't want to play this role?
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Ambrose Bierce
American Journalist
Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.
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Frankie Faison
American Actor
No one deserves any more respect than the other person until they prove themselves unworthy.
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