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Recent Examples of unworthy
Of course, many of these pitchers will prove to be unworthy.
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Michael Salfino, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
Families were broken apart by church leaders who cast out men deemed unworthy and reassigned their wives and children to others.
—Jacques Billeaud, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
Once a government convinces people that some among them are unworthy of rights or empathy, the rest becomes frighteningly easy.
—Andrew Weinstein, Time, 28 Jan. 2026
The lens of the hearing never focused on Robeson, who was seen as only a prop for Robinson’s patriotism, unworthy of rediscovery, especially as the Robinson/Rickey integration story—sports as the pathway to equality—became virtually unchallengeable.
—Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
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Michael Salfino, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
Families were broken apart by church leaders who cast out men deemed unworthy and reassigned their wives and children to others.
—Jacques Billeaud, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
Once a government convinces people that some among them are unworthy of rights or empathy, the rest becomes frighteningly easy.
—Andrew Weinstein, Time, 28 Jan. 2026
The lens of the hearing never focused on Robeson, who was seen as only a prop for Robinson’s patriotism, unworthy of rediscovery, especially as the Robinson/Rickey integration story—sports as the pathway to equality—became virtually unchallengeable.
—Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unworthy
Adjective
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Yet for the people creating it—all of us—this data has become functionally worthless.—
Alice Xiang,
Time,
6 May 2026
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If the option expires worthless, the seller keeps the premium as income.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
4 May 2026
Adjective
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This was controversial to the public, though, with many feeling that Pluto had been demoted in a dishonorable sense, unjustly kicked out of the club of astronomical objects that people actually care about.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
29 Apr. 2026
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After backing out of an agreement to trade first-round picks in 2026 and 2027 for Crosby, DeCosta was decried as dishonorable, dirty and duplicitous, especially after Baltimore signed another accomplished edge rusher, Trey Hendrickson, to a free-agent deal the following day.—
Michael Silver,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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This administration has unleashed a disgusting anti-immigrant agenda.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
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Let women be monstrous, disgusting, angry, feral creatures!—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 May 2026
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“Unworthy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unworthy. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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