Home › Words › U › unworthinessunworthinessunworthiness means the characteristic or condition of being unworthy.EtymologyFrom Middle English unworthynesse; equivalent to unworthy + -ness or un- + worthiness.nounThe characteristic or condition of being unworthy.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.unworthily 74% match — In an unworthy manner. vs unworthiness →unmeritedness 73% match — The state or condition of being unmerited; undeservedness. vs unworthiness →unairworthiness 73% match — The state or quality of being unairworthy. vs unworthiness →worthlessness 72% match — The quality of lacking worth, of being valueless, useless or devoid of benefit. vs unworthiness →unwarrantability 70% match — The character of being unwarrantable; unwarrantableness. vs unworthiness →worthiness 69% match — The state or quality of having value or merit. vs unworthiness →unnewsworthiness 68% match — The characteristic of being unnewsworthy. vs unworthiness →unwarrantableness 67% match — The state or quality of being unwarrantable. vs unworthiness →