Despicableness (Noun)
Meaning
Unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values.
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Examples
- His ruthless ambition was overshadowed by his despicableness, a self-centered drive that sacrificed everyone's interests but his own.
- Her former employee described her management style as epitomizing despicableness, making cutthroat decisions that consistently benefited herself.
- He tried to rebrand his history of bullying, but many couldn't look past his obvious despicableness in attacking anyone he considered beneath him.
- What troubled them the most wasn't her bad choices, but the profound despicableness in completely ignoring her role in harming those who had supported her.
- This event only confirmed what had become common knowledge - that a stark absence of compassion or decency led directly to a sense of profound despicableness, underserving any moral forgiveness.