Synonyms for unworthy
- adjective
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Despicable
despicable, worthless, contemptible, ignoble, good-for-nothing, shameful, wretched, reprehensible, vile, no-good, miserable, bad, reprobate, unjustifiable, evil, puny, scandalous, ugly, iniquitous, low, slimy, base
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Not worthy; lacking value or merit; worthless.
Example sentences
- evil Grr! Avoid not, unwelcome evil and cowardly beast!
- shameful The love that I suffer from is a shameful disease.
- unjustifiable Dropping nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki is unjustifiable.
- ignoble Jealousy is, to me, the most ignoble human feeling there is.
- undeserving Scholarships are awarded to undeserving people and good students are denied.
- unbecoming Your behavior is unbecoming of a gentleman.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| unworthy | steady | |
| evil | rising | |
| shameful | rising | |
| unjustifiable | falling | |
| ignoble | steady | |
| undeserving | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- bad1, low1
- 4 letters
- base1, evil2, ugly2, vile1, puny2
- 5 letters
- slimy2
- 7 letters
- ignoble3
- 8 letters
- shameful2, wretched2
- 9 letters
- miserable4, worthless2, reprobate3, unmerited
- 10 letters
- despicable4, scandalous3, unbecoming4, iniquitous
- 11 letters
- undeserving4
- 12 letters
- contemptible4
- 13 letters
- reprehensible5, unjustifiable6, unmeritorious
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (evil2 = 2 syllables).