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Recent Examples of unworthy
Until then, the staff is cycling through unworthy backups behind Austin Hooper, who finished with one catch.
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Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
This unworthy and deplorable act undermines the memory of those who died for France.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Aug. 2025
Young lawyers and career government lawyers are often idealistic, willing to sacrifice personal gain for the public good, but the prospect of working for this attorney general might seem the worst sort of dead-end job — one requiring blind obedience to unworthy goals.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2025
The mean-spirited, racist Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was unworthy of America.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2025
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Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
This unworthy and deplorable act undermines the memory of those who died for France.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Aug. 2025
Young lawyers and career government lawyers are often idealistic, willing to sacrifice personal gain for the public good, but the prospect of working for this attorney general might seem the worst sort of dead-end job — one requiring blind obedience to unworthy goals.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2025
The mean-spirited, racist Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was unworthy of America.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unworthy
Adjective
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Rare is the business that grows by intermediating what is rendered worthless by the intermediation.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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But these systems require setup time, which is possible before a hurricane surge, but worthless during rain bombs that can turn streets into rivers in minutes.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
25 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Within an outlying mining operation, a Mechanist mourning the murder of her husband is bestowed a strange pet as part of a bargaining chip from a dishonorable alien race.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
17 May 2025
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This dishonorable behavior does not represent me as a citizen of the United States. — Sandra Burk, Elmhurst Submit a letter, of no more than 400 words, to the editor here or email letters@chicagotribune.com.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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And putting it on her fingers and in your babies mouth is disgusting.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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Because there are more aliens aboard the Maginot than just a Xenomorph, Hawley adds a few new wrinkles to the usual disgusting Alien progression of face-hugger to chest-burster.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Unworthy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unworthy. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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