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Adjective: unworthy (unworthier,unworthiest)  `ún'wur-dhee
  1. Lacking in value or merit
    "dispel a student whose conduct is deemed unworthy"; "unworthy of forgiveness"
     
  2. Not deserving
    "the unworthy poor"
    - undeserving
     
  3. Morally reprehensible
    "would do something as unworthy as murder"
    - despicable, ugly, vile, slimy, worthless, wretched

Derived forms: unworthier, unworthiest

See also: contemptible, dishonorable [US], dishonourable [Brit, Cdn], evil, unmerited, unmeritorious, unrighteous, unworthily, unworthiness, worthiness, worthless

Antonym: worthy