unworthiness

Example Sentences

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It hurts because it always hurts to be shunned — but if it’s any consolation at all, it also really does seem to be about her derangement, not your unworthiness of courtesy.

From Washington Post • Mar. 9, 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

Her general feeling of separateness and unworthiness she blamed on her foot.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison