Synonyms for unworthiness
un·wor·thi·ness

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1. unworthinessnoun

   the quality or state of lacking merit or value

   Synonyms:
   inappropriateness

   Antonyms:
   worthiness

2. inappropriateness, unworthinessnoun

   the quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting

   "he retracted nothing that he had said about the inappropriateness of either a corporeal God or a God who is a person"; "his praise released from her loud protestations of her unworthiness"

   Synonyms:
   inappropriateness, wrongness

   Antonyms:
   worthiness

Matched Categories

1. • Bad
   • Unsuitability

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How to use unworthiness in a sentence?

1. Robertson Davies:

   The people of the United States, perhaps more than any other nation in history, love to abase themselves and proclaim their unworthiness, and seem to find refreshment in doing so... That is a dark frivolity, but still frivolity.