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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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Then, the company would have to prove that its investments have been made largely worthless because of tariffs.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
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Even as tutor modes are refined and improved, students have to actively select that mode and, for now, also have to play along, deftly providing context and guiding the chatbot away from worthless, low-level questions or sycophancy.—
Brian W. Stone,
The Conversation,
10 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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Don’t notice all the ways humans are disgusting.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Sep. 2025
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But this disgusting and hateful speech is still speech and is protected by our First Amendment.—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Unworthy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unworthy. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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