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Recent Examples of unworthy
Big-league teams left the Town, searching for a bigger, shinier stadium that some oligarch decided is unworthy of the East Bay.
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Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2025
Christoph Waltz as Baron Albrecht von Eberstein The ruthless head of Austria’s oldest banking dynasty, Baron Albrecht is Saxon’s grandfather and sees his grandson as unworthy of inheriting the family fortune.
—Martine Paris, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
This is the real sin of this unworthy tax loophole.
—Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 12 Mar. 2025
At worst, they were considered physically unworthy to weather the terse Antarctic conditions.
—Will McGough, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2025
Christoph Waltz as Baron Albrecht von Eberstein The ruthless head of Austria’s oldest banking dynasty, Baron Albrecht is Saxon’s grandfather and sees his grandson as unworthy of inheriting the family fortune.
—Martine Paris, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
This is the real sin of this unworthy tax loophole.
—Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 12 Mar. 2025
At worst, they were considered physically unworthy to weather the terse Antarctic conditions.
—Will McGough, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unworthy
Adjective
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Removing or reforming colleges with chronically poor outcomes means fewer borrowers entering repayment with no degree or worthless credentials.—
Shahar Ziv,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Settlers who actually traveled to Florida to inspect their purchases were likely to be greeted by muddy parcels of worthless swampland overrun with snakes and mosquitoes, miles away from anything resembling civilization.—
Greg Daugherty,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 Apr. 2025
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The story was told through the evolving actions and maturation of Luna's dishonorable spy Cassian Andor and other key players in the underground uprising against the treacherous Galactic Empire.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
10 Mar. 2025
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This dishonorable behavior does not represent me as a citizen of the United States.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2025
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The fridge was smelly and disgusting before it was replaced about a week later.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
21 Apr. 2025
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Few things in this war have been more morally disgusting than the present hunt after traitors and Quislings.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Unworthy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unworthy. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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