worthy of the name

1. Deserving a name or description, as in Any artist worthy of the name can draw better than that. This expression uses worthy of in the sense of “deserving by reason of merit,” a usage dating from about 1300.

Example Sentences

The quest for perfection is omnipresent in Streisand’s gardens; maybe her exacting attention to detail somehow rubbed off on the Lasting Love rose just outside her living room window, spurring the creation of an exemplary new bloom worthy of the name Barbra’s Baby.

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The renewal has started with new faces such as striker Omar Marmoush, who had no service worthy of the name here, and midfielder Nico Gonzalez, as well as 20-year-old defender Abdukodir Khusanov, who suffered as he was pressed into service in an unaccustomed right-back role.

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It’s most notable for a cast worthy of the name “all-stars”; they are TV stars, mostly, but that is a noble breed, and not every movie actor can translate big-screen charisma to the smaller one.

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Some of their trenches were hardly worthy of the name, just over knee-deep, according to images posted to various brigades’ social media accounts.

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Additionally, Ukraine needs an “iron dome” worthy of the name to replace the mobile antiaircraft units I accompanied in makeshift pickup trucks as they chased drones headed for major Ukrainian cities, trying to shoot them down with bazookas.

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