Thesaurus / unworthy
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When I heard the line in Amanda Gorman’s dazzling inaugural poem where she describes the United States as “a nation that is not broken, but simply unfinished,” I thought of all those things that make us feel unworthy, unfinished, or broken.
AMANDA GORMAN AND THE ART OF BEING UNFINISHED AND IMPERFECTSUSANNA SCHROBSDORFFJANUARY 24, 2021TIME
As for whether that extra spot will wind up going to an extra-unworthy team, it’s still far too soon to tell.
NCAA TOURNAMENT BRACKETOLOGY: THE BUBBLE MIGHT BE WORSE THAN EVER THIS YEAR. NO, REALLY.PATRICK STEVENSJANUARY 20, 2021WASHINGTON POST
He has proven himself unworthy of the office of being president.
‘DISGUSTED’: COMPANIES AND BUSINESS GROUPS DECRY ‘LAWLESS’ MOB VIOLENCE AT CAPITOLTODD FRANKELJANUARY 7, 2021WASHINGTON POST
But here was a task in itself almost as unworthy of him as the methods by which he now set about accomplishing it.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINI
Somehow it gave Lawrence a little pang to hear this, then he cast the thought out as unworthy.
THE COURIER OF THE OZARKSBYRON A. DUNN
I thought it was I who had to forgive her, and to-day I feel unworthy of the forgiveness which she grants me.
CAMILLE (LA DAME AUX CAMILIAS)ALEXANDRE DUMAS, FILS
Any other doctrine than this, is downright delusion, unworthy of a free people, and only intended for slaves.
His symphony was severely criticised, rejected, and pronounced unworthy of performance.
THE LIFE & LETTERS OF PETER ILICH TCHAIKOVSKYMODESTE TCHAIKOVSKY
If I am a forger or a friend of forgers, as you allege me to be, then I am unworthy to have served in the uniform of France.
THE DOCTOR OF PIMLICOWILLIAM LE QUEUX
Had Mr. Wilding been other than she now learnt he was, he would surely not cherish an attachment for a person so utterly unworthy.
MISTRESS WILDINGRAFAEL SABATINI
WORDS RELATED TO UNWORTHY
- abject
- base
- blue
- coarse
- common
- contemptible
- crass
- crumby
- dastardly
- degraded
- depraved
- despicable
- disgraceful
- dishonorable
- disreputable
- gross
- ignoble
- ill-bred
- inelegant
- mean
- menial
- miserable
- nasty
- obscene
- off-color
- offensive
- raw
- rough
- rude
- scrubby
- scruffy
- scurvy
- servile
- sordid
- unbecoming
- uncouth
- undignified
- unrefined
- unworthy
- vile
- woebegone
- woeful
- wretched
- base
- carnal
- contemptible
- corrupt
- dastardly
- debauched
- degrading
- diabolical
- disgraceful
- dishonorable
- drunken
- embarrassing
- flagrant
- heinous
- humiliating
- ignominious
- immodest
- immoral
- impure
- indecent
- infamous
- intemperate
- lewd
- low
- mean
- mortifying
- notorious
- obscene
- opprobrious
- outrageous
- profligate
- reprehensible
- reprobate
- ribald
- scandalous
- shaming
- shocking
- sinful
- unbecoming
- unclean
- unworthy
- vile
- villainous
- vulgar
- wicked
- awkward
- clumsy
- discreditable
- gauche
- ill-suited
- inappropriate
- inapt
- incongruous
- indecent
- indecorous
- indelicate
- inept
- maladroit
- malapropos
- offensive
- rough
- salacious
- tacky
- tasteless
- unattractive
- unbefitting
- uncomely
- undue
- unfair
- unfit
- unfitting
- unflattering
- ungodly
- unhandsome
- unlovely
- unseasonable
- unseemly
- unsightly
- unsuited
- untimely
- untoward
- unworthy
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.