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unworthiness

unworthiness noun: the characteristic or condition of being unworthy.

Noun

unworthiness (countable and uncountable, plural unworthinesses)

  1. The characteristic or condition of being unworthy.
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      Mir. At mine vnworthineſſe, that dare not offer / VVhat I deſire to giue ; and much leſſe take / VVhat I ſhall die to want :[…]1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...

unworthiness meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Kannada

unworthiness in Hindi

the characteristic or condition of being unworthy
अपात्रता apātratā, अयोग्यता ayogyatā

unworthiness in Tamil

தகுதியின்மை, தகவிலை, தகவின்மை

unworthiness in Kannada

ಅಯೋಗ್ಯತೆ

Forms of unworthiness

pluralunworthinesses

Origin of unworthiness

From Middle English unworthynesse; equivalent to unworthy + -ness or un- + worthiness.

Questions about unworthiness

What does unworthiness mean?
Unworthiness means the characteristic or condition of being unworthy.
What is unworthiness in Hindi?
Unworthiness in Hindi is अपात्रता (apātratā), अयोग्यता (ayogyatā). See Unworthiness meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is unworthiness?
Unworthiness is a noun.
What is the plural of unworthiness?
The plural of unworthiness is unworthinesses.

Words near unworthiness in the dictionary

  1. unworth
  2. unworthier
  3. unworthies
  4. unworthiest
  5. unworthily
  6. unworthiness
  7. unworthinesses
  8. unworthness
  9. unworthwhile
  10. unworthy
  11. unworthyness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unworthiness (page history and authors); unworthiness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unworthiness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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