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Recent Examples of unworthy
There are hints of nuclear incident, climate collapse, AI run amok — all filtered through the narrow perspective of a survivor’s diary written in a convent where evil nuns hold sway over the worthy and unworthy alike.
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Emma Alpern, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
That accusation prompted the Senate’s presiding chair to step in and warn Peters that Senate Rule XIX states that senators shall not impute to another senator any conduct or motive unworthy of being a senator.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 20 Nov. 2025
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.
—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
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Emma Alpern, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
That accusation prompted the Senate’s presiding chair to step in and warn Peters that Senate Rule XIX states that senators shall not impute to another senator any conduct or motive unworthy of being a senator.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 20 Nov. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unworthy
Adjective
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Otherwise, the cease-fire would feel worthless to many Ukrainians, merely giving Russia a chance to prepare for another invasion.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
12 Feb. 2026
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Life itself being worthless, all things with it, that feed it, are worthless.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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And, inarguably, the pardon power has been put to some dishonorable use by recent administrations.—
Bernadette Meyler,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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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
Adjective
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The Epstein files reveal plenty of powerful people to have tolerated or participated in disgusting and shameful behavior.—
Gilad Edelman,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2026
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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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“Unworthy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unworthy. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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