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careworthy

careworthy is the alternative form of care-worthy.

Meaning of care-worthy

Adjective

care-worthy (comparative more care-worthy, superlative most care-worthy)

  1. Worthy or deserving of care.
    • I am on the edge of manhood and you should know it. I have been child to you long enough. If I find my uncle care-worthy I have a right to care for him.1930, Hugh Walpole, “The Sea—Father and Son”, in Rogue Herries: A Novel, London: Macmillan and Co., […], →OCLC, part I (The Cuckoo Is Not Enclosed), page 186

Forms of careworthy

comparativemore careworthy
superlativemost careworthy

Questions about careworthy

What is careworthy the alternative form of?
Careworthy is the alternative form of care-worthy.

Words near careworthy in the dictionary

  1. carework
  2. careworker
  3. careworkers
  4. careworn
  5. carewornness
  6. careworthy
  7. Carews
  8. carex
  9. carexes
  10. Carey
  11. Carey Bay

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