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unworthyness

unworthyness is the rare spelling of unworthiness.

Meaning of unworthiness

Noun

unworthiness (countable and uncountable, plural unworthinesses)

  1. The characteristic or condition of being unworthy.
    • Fer. VVherefore weepe you ?
      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...

Origin of unworthyness

From unworthy + -ness.

Questions about unworthyness

What is unworthyness the rare spelling of?
Unworthyness is the rare spelling of unworthiness.

Words near unworthyness in the dictionary

  1. unworthiness
  2. unworthinesses
  3. unworthness
  4. unworthwhile
  5. unworthy
  6. unworthyness
  7. unwotting
  8. unwound
  9. unwoundable
  10. unwounded
  11. unwove

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