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
Whiles, it may be bestowed unworthily, but I’m thinking it’s no often.
From The Protector by Bindloss, Harold
The words of the ritual were "Grant that she may neither accept the mission unworthily."
From The Woman Who Vowed The Demetrian by Harding, Ellison
A somewhat free translation has been necessary, in order to render in English the equivalent to German mediæval language; but I trust that the sense and meaning have been faithfully, however unworthily, rendered.
From Matelda and the Cloister of Hellfde Extracts from the Book of Matilda of Magdeburg by Magdeburg, Matilda of
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