unworthiness
NounSynonyms:
inappropriateness
WordNet 3.0
Noun (2)
- the quality or state of lacking merit or value
- 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: inappropriateness
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Unworthy \Un*wor"thy\, a. Not worthy; wanting merit, value, or fitness; undeserving; worthless; unbecoming; -- often with of. -- Un*wor"thi*ly, adv. -- Un*wor"thi*ness, n. [1913 Webster]