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Recent Examples of unworthy
The hearing also included two members of Miller's own family — her daughter and her father — who offered a counterpart to claims that Miller was an unworthy and hostile caregiver.
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Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 8 Nov. 2025
For now, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told the press the company doesn’t want to break user trust by recommending unworthy apps.
—Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2025
The real fiends were the ones who perverted science, who attacked this misunderstood giant out of fear, who branded him as something unholy and unworthy to exist, who gave him life but didn’t give him love.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
The brain is surrounded by a layer of tightly joined cells, called the blood-brain barrier, that acts as a bouncer turning away any substances deemed unworthy of accessing our most precious resource.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
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Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 8 Nov. 2025
For now, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told the press the company doesn’t want to break user trust by recommending unworthy apps.
—Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2025
The real fiends were the ones who perverted science, who attacked this misunderstood giant out of fear, who branded him as something unholy and unworthy to exist, who gave him life but didn’t give him love.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
The brain is surrounded by a layer of tightly joined cells, called the blood-brain barrier, that acts as a bouncer turning away any substances deemed unworthy of accessing our most precious resource.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unworthy
Adjective
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The gain from a call option would exceed the return on the stock alone, but involves greater risk than simply buying the stock because the contracts can expire worthless.—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
7 Jan. 2026
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When Ukraine agreed to give up the nuclear weapons on its soil in the mid-1990s, Russia provided a security guarantee that proved worthless.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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There has to be one person in the Marty Supreme universe who’s more dishonorable than Marty is, and Rockwell’s stuck holding the short straw.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
1 Dec. 2025
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Nominee Ashby, 65, starred as dishonorable Cameron Kirsten on The Young and the Restless.—
Stephanie Wenger,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The medical ordeals are traumatic and disgusting, but fascinating and full of the quirks of modern life.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
8 Jan. 2026
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Having snow, slush, and (eventually) water all over my floors was a disgusting feeling.—
Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano,
The Spruce,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Unworthy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unworthy. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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