unworthy

Example Sentences

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A second friendly defeat in four days was no calamity since it came on the back of an admirable performance, unworthy of booing.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

The lesson from these examples isn’t that protecting children online is misguided or an unworthy goal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The systemic anonymizing and blurring of anyone accused without proof of being a gang leader and terrorist is one way to render them unworthy of our concern.

From Slate • May 21, 2025

Men who don’t understand Los Angeles will never understand me, and for that, they’re unworthy of my deftness at loving.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2025

“I would be unworthy of Italy,” he said, “if I did not return to her one of her masterpieces.”

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day