unworthiness
NounSynonyms:
inappropriateness
Open English WordNet
Noun (2)
- the quality or state of lacking merit or valueOpposite worthinessType of bad, badnessKinds baseness, shamefulness
- the quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting“he retracted nothing that he had said about the inappropriateness of either a corporeal God or a God who is a person”“his praise released from her loud protestations of her unworthiness”Synonyms: inappropriatenessType of unsuitability, unsuitablenessKinds infelicity, inaptness
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“unworthiness” is listed under Unworthy.
Un·wor′thy adjective
Not worthy; wanting merit, value, or fitness; undeserving; worthless; unbecoming; — often with of. — Un·wor′wb-a1′>′thi·ly (#), adverb — Un·wor′wb-a1′>′thi·ness, noun
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54