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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Unworthy \Un*wor"thy\, adjective Not worthy; wanting merit, value, or fitness; undeserving; worthless; unbecoming; -- often with of. -- {Un*wor"thi*ly}, adverb -- {Un*wor"thi*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
unworthy
adjective
1: lacking in value or merit; "dispel a student whose conduct is deemed unworthy"; "unworthy of forgiveness" [ant: {worthy}]
2: morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them" [syn: {despicable}, {ugly}, {vile}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
96 Moby Thesaurus words for "unworthy": abominable, arrant, atrocious, bad, bad child, bad example, bad man, bad news, bad person, bad woman, base, beneath notice, black, blamable, blameworthy, contemptible, criminal, damnable, dark, despicable, discreditable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, disreputable person, evil, execrable, flagitious, flagrant, foul, good-for-nothing, heinous, ignoble, improper, ineligible, infamous, inferior, iniquitous, knavish, low, mediocre, menial, meritless, monstrous, naughty, nefarious, no-account, no-good, nonmeritorious, not coming, not outstanding, nothing, objectionable person, outrageous, paltry, peccant, persona non grata, petty, preposterous, puny, rank, reprehensible, reprobate, scandalous, second-rate, shameful, sinful, substandard, unacceptable person, undeserved, undeserving, undesirable, undue, unearned, unentitled, unequal, unfit, unforgivable, unjustified, unmerited, unmeriting, unowed, unowing, unpardonable, unprofessional, unqualified, unspeakable, unwarranted, unworthy of regard, valueless, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked, worthless, wrong
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