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
He contrived, again and again, that Noll should act unworthily in Faith's eyes.
From The Sea Bride by Williams, Ben Ames
And which of us could assume the name of a beloved person, and go and act unworthily?
From Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. by Jean Paul
"A maiden may once love, and, finding she has loved unworthily, hate!"
From Captain Kyd, Vol. II or, The Wizard of the Sea by Ingraham, Jonathon Holt
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