Etymology

unworth

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Today it means: Unworthiness; unworthliness; worthlessness. Full definition →

Middle English unworth
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unworth · noun, adjective1

  1. Middle English · inherited fromunworth
  2. English todayunworth

From Middle English unworth, unwurth, equivalent to un- + worth.

unworth · adjective2

  1. Old English · inherited fromunweorþ
  2. Middle English · inherited fromunworth
  3. English todayunworth

From Middle English unworth, unwurth, from Old English unweorþ, unweorþe (“unworthy, poor, mean, of low estate, worthless, contemptible, ignoble”), equivalent to un- + worth.

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