How to Use unworthy in a Sentence

unworthy

adjective
  • And, yeah, it’s run by unworthy—the clowns are the best one.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Give it to someone unworthy and more harm than good can come.
    — Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2021
  • Of course, many of these pitchers will prove to be unworthy.
    — Michael Salfino, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Salles’s film is a much lesser thing, but by no means unworthy.
    — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 15 May 2018
  • The whole thing has become a clown show unworthy of a great nation.
    — WSJ, 15 Nov. 2022
  • There are parts of the country where those who need help are dismissed as unworthy.
    — Erik Sherman, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021
  • That is a sick thing to tell a woman who already feels unworthy and unlovable.
    — Brooke Obie, The Root, 22 Jan. 2018
  • The fact that so many unworthy players went so far is simply too damning.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 9 Dec. 2021
  • To strive for less would be unworthy of a free and religious people.
    — Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Which is part of the issue with Cyrano, who may feel unworthy of love.
    — New York Times, 22 Dec. 2021
  • The fact that so many unworthy players went so far is simply too damning.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 22 May 2026
  • Vote for those of quality and vote against those unworthy of re-election.
    — WSJ, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Ben chose to stay behind, feeling unworthy of doing so just yet.
    — Janey Tracey, EW.com, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Ben chose to stay behind, feeling unworthy of doing so just yet.
    — Janey Tracey, Entertainment Weekly, 23 May 2026
  • This front office has twice deemed players available to them at the top of the draft unworthy of that shot.
    — cleveland.com, 23 May 2017
  • For a long time, Milan’s present has felt just a little unworthy of the club’s past.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 8 May 2023
  • Proponents of the changes say the state could still reject unworthy projects.
    — Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 7 Dec. 2022
  • To shame their mistakes and call them unworthy of forgiveness.
    — WSJ, 19 Oct. 2021
  • Most of these dogs have been deemed unworthy of entering the family home.
    — Gene Weingarten, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2021
  • On another night, the ball would’ve been a souvenir, the reward unworthy of the risk.
    — Sam Mellinger, kansascity, 26 Sep. 2017
  • As a gay man I have never been made to feel uncomfortable or unworthy to be on that stage.
    — Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2022
  • In short, to be born a non-human animal in today’s world is to be viewed as being unworthy of life.
    — Grrlscientist, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
  • He wasn’t stranded on an unworthy roster as a rookie the way Bedard was.
    — Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Critics moan about the expense, dismissing such speeches as stunts unworthy of academia and not worth the price.
    — Robert Shibley, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2017
  • Some fan accounts implied Blanco was unworthy of the actor and pop star.
    — Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
  • This boot camp-like setup cleansed the group of unworthy athletes before the Games began.
    — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 July 2024
  • On the album, Smith confronts demons from the past, telling off unworthy lovers who used and mentally abused the singer.
    — Gary Dinges, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2020
  • Or, more accurately, the pearly gates that stand just outside of heaven, guarding the way lest the unworthy sneak in.
    — Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 29 May 2025
  • The insults lobbed at both are unworthy of the president of the United States.
    — Hal Boedeker, OrlandoSentinel.com, 1 July 2017
  • This unworthy and deplorable act undermines the memory of those who died for France.
    — Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Aug. 2025

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