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Recent Examples of unworthy
Or, more accurately, the pearly gates that stand just outside of heaven, guarding the way lest the unworthy sneak in.
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Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 29 May 2025
If not, Friday’s game might prove to be a false miracle, unworthy of either praise or condemnation.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025
Thiago Motta tore his shirt in the box but the referee waved away the penalty appeals, deeming the grappling unworthy of a spot kick.
—Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
The fact that so many unworthy players went so far is simply too damning.
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—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 15 May 2025
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Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 29 May 2025
If not, Friday’s game might prove to be a false miracle, unworthy of either praise or condemnation.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025
Thiago Motta tore his shirt in the box but the referee waved away the penalty appeals, deeming the grappling unworthy of a spot kick.
—Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
The fact that so many unworthy players went so far is simply too damning.
38.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unworthy
Adjective
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Demand Enterprise-Grade Safeguards Speed is worthless without security.—
Marcin Nowak,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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Mamdani’s virality would have been worthless—or, perhaps, impossible—without his laser focus on the high cost of living in New York.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
25 July 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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The story was told through the evolving actions and maturation of Luna's dishonorable spy Cassian Andor and other key players in the underground uprising against the treacherous Galactic Empire.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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This disgusting breach of civil rights against students will not stand.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 July 2025
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There are explosions, too, and lots of NSFW supe antics, like one unidentified supe hacking up a disgusting ball of...something from her throat that splatters on Kimiko's cheek.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
26 July 2025
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“Unworthy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unworthy. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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