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Recent Examples of unworthy
Since Francoism promoted an image of women as obedient wives and self-sacrificing mothers devoted to the Catholic family model, Republican women were demonized as immoral, dangerous and unworthy of motherhood.
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Zaya Rustamova, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2025
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.
—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
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Zaya Rustamova, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unworthy
Adjective
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Yonquenide wouldn’t discuss any of it, not even the monthly hyperinflation of some 20% to 30% that made his small income almost worthless.—
Maeva Bambuck,
CNN Money,
1 Feb. 2026
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Paramount, which has made a rival, hostile bid for all of WBD, including the cable networks, has maintained that Discovery Global is essentially worthless given the downward trajectory of pay-TV.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
20 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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Hearing disgusting lies spread about my brother is absolutely gut-wrenching, and my family is deeply grateful so many people have stood up and helped tell his truth.—
Drake Bentley,
jsonline.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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At one point a couple of years ago, Microsoft even used malware-like pop-ups in a disgusting overreach.—
Tom Warren,
The Verge,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Unworthy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unworthy. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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