unworthiness

unworthiness

English

Etymology

From unworthy +‎ -ness.

Noun

unworthiness (countable and uncountable, plural unworthinesses)

1. The characteristic or condition of being unworthy.
   • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene i], page 11:

     Fer. VVherefore weepe you ?

     Mir. At mine vnworthineſſe, that dare not offer / VVhat I deſire to giue ; and much leſſe take / VVhat I ſhall die to want : […]

Translations

the characteristic or condition of being unworthy

French: indignité (fr) f Greek: αναξιότητα (el) f (anaxiótita), αναξιοσύνη (el) f (anaxiosýni) Italian: indegnità (it) f Japanese: 不肖 (ja) (ふしょう, fushō) Latin: indignitās f Ligurian: indegnitæ f Macedonian: недостојност f (nedostojnost) Manx: neufeeuid m