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Recent Examples of unworthy
Trump and Nixon are part of a long history of US presidents who disparaged immigrant groups as inherently unworthy.
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John J. Pitney Jr, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2025
Until then, the staff is cycling through unworthy backups behind Austin Hooper, who finished with one catch.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
This unworthy and deplorable act undermines the memory of those who died for France.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Aug. 2025
Young lawyers and career government lawyers are often idealistic, willing to sacrifice personal gain for the public good, but the prospect of working for this attorney general might seem the worst sort of dead-end job — one requiring blind obedience to unworthy goals.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2025
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John J. Pitney Jr, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2025
Until then, the staff is cycling through unworthy backups behind Austin Hooper, who finished with one catch.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
This unworthy and deplorable act undermines the memory of those who died for France.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Aug. 2025
Young lawyers and career government lawyers are often idealistic, willing to sacrifice personal gain for the public good, but the prospect of working for this attorney general might seem the worst sort of dead-end job — one requiring blind obedience to unworthy goals.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unworthy
Adjective
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The San Francisco 49ers are running themselves right out of games with all these worthless carries by Christian McCaffrey.—
Michael Salfino,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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But these glasses are worthless without a mobile phone.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Within an outlying mining operation, a Mechanist mourning the murder of her husband is bestowed a strange pet as part of a bargaining chip from a dishonorable alien race.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
17 May 2025
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This dishonorable behavior does not represent me as a citizen of the United States. — Sandra Burk, Elmhurst Submit a letter, of no more than 400 words, to the editor here or email letters@chicagotribune.com.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Evshine Memory Foam Slippers Listen, airplane floors are disgusting.—
Carin Ryan,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Oct. 2025
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Some of the abuse that came later, though, was disgusting.—
Kevin Coulson,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Unworthy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unworthy. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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