unworthily
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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He also said they acted "unprofessionally and unworthily".
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026
Remodeled by the modern mind, This old hangover, shaped and shined, Is wined and dined with great formality, And most unworthily defined As Rugged Individuality.
From Time Magazine Archive
She drew away in a sort of awe as if she looked unworthily upon a sacred place.
From Rose of Dutcher's Coolly by Hamlin Garland
And now and then, when in crafty ways he led big Noll to act unworthily before her, he watched for the shadow that crossed her face, and smiled in his own sly soul.
From The Sea Bride by Ben Ames Williams
The words of the ritual were "Grant that she may neither accept the mission unworthily."
From The Woman Who Vowed The Demetrian by Ellison Harding
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