Unworthiness (Noun)
Meaning 1
The quality or state of lacking merit or value.
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Examples
- The student felt a deep sense of unworthiness when she compared her test scores to those of her high-achieving classmates.
- The unworthiness he felt as a result of his past mistakes made it difficult for him to ask for help or support from others.
- The team's poor performance in the tournament reinforced their feelings of unworthiness and lack of confidence.
- After losing her job, she struggled with feelings of unworthiness and questioned her ability to find new employment.
- The therapist helped her patient work through his feelings of unworthiness and low self-esteem that stemmed from childhood experiences.
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Meaning 2
The quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting; "he retracted nothing that he had said about the inappropriateness of either a corporeal God or a God who is a person"; "his praise released from her loud protestations of her unworthiness".
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.