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Recent Examples of unworthy
Families were broken apart by church leaders who cast out men deemed unworthy and reassigned their wives and children to others.
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Jacques Billeaud, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
Once a government convinces people that some among them are unworthy of rights or empathy, the rest becomes frighteningly easy.
—Andrew Weinstein, Time, 28 Jan. 2026
The lens of the hearing never focused on Robeson, who was seen as only a prop for Robinson’s patriotism, unworthy of rediscovery, especially as the Robinson/Rickey integration story—sports as the pathway to equality—became virtually unchallengeable.
—Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
But unconventional doesn't necessarily mean unworthy, especially in the cooling interest rate climate of December 2025.
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
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Jacques Billeaud, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
Once a government convinces people that some among them are unworthy of rights or empathy, the rest becomes frighteningly easy.
—Andrew Weinstein, Time, 28 Jan. 2026
The lens of the hearing never focused on Robeson, who was seen as only a prop for Robinson’s patriotism, unworthy of rediscovery, especially as the Robinson/Rickey integration story—sports as the pathway to equality—became virtually unchallengeable.
—Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
But unconventional doesn't necessarily mean unworthy, especially in the cooling interest rate climate of December 2025.
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unworthy
Adjective
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Loyalty points may be worthless Clint Henderson, a travel expert with The Points Guy, said many Spirit Airlines customers could see the value of their loyalty points vanish, with little chance of recovering them.—
Mirna Alsharif,
NBC news,
2 May 2026
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While the players who spent thousands of dollars on Legacy land plots still technically control the associated NFTs, those crypto tokens are practically worthless without an active game to monetize them.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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This was controversial to the public, though, with many feeling that Pluto had been demoted in a dishonorable sense, unjustly kicked out of the club of astronomical objects that people actually care about.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
29 Apr. 2026
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After backing out of an agreement to trade first-round picks in 2026 and 2027 for Crosby, DeCosta was decried as dishonorable, dirty and duplicitous, especially after Baltimore signed another accomplished edge rusher, Trey Hendrickson, to a free-agent deal the following day.—
Michael Silver,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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What a disgusting story all around.—
Zach Dean OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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Making a disgusting joke about assassinating the President #2.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Unworthy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unworthy. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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