unworthiness

Example Sentences

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That is what needs correction, not the unworthiness of the major.

From Washington Post • Mar. 7, 2023

“All those who see unworthiness when they look at me and are given thereby to denying me value — to you I say, ‘I’m not talking about being as good as you.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 7, 2022

“That’s what hopefully this movie is speaking to, that unworthiness we all go through.”

From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2021

He subsequently described his actions as self-sabotage, prompted by deep-rooted feelings of unworthiness.

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2021

And the very notion that a candidate should openly solicit votes violated the principled presumption that such behavior itself represented a confession of unworthiness for national office.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis