unworthy

3 definitions found

unworthy - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Unworthy \Un*wor"thy\, a.
     Not worthy; wanting merit, value, or fitness; undeserving;
     worthless; unbecoming; -- often with of. -- Un*wor"thi*ly,
     adv. -- Un*wor"thi*ness, n.
     [1913 Webster]

unworthy - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  unworthy
      adj 1: lacking in value or merit; "dispel a student whose
             conduct is deemed unworthy"; "unworthy of forgiveness"
             [ant: worthy]
      2: not deserving; "the undeserving poor" [syn: undeserving,
         unworthy]
      3: morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as
         murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery
         appalled them"; "a slimy little liar" [syn: despicable,
         ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretched]

unworthy - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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