Meanings
comparative more unmighty · superlative most unmighty
- Not mighty; weak.
And how the unmighty have risen: Fox, which after all these years is still not counted among the “big three” networks by some old-timers, now attracts the audiences advertisers desire more.
2007 May 19, Virginia Heffernan, “A Television Revolution? Not Shown at Upfronts”, in New York Times
Origin
- Old Englishunmihtiġ“weak, not mighty”
- Middle Englishvnmyghty
- Englishunmighty
From Middle English vnmyghty, vnmyȝty, unmihti, from Old English unmihtiġ (“weak, not mighty”), equivalent to un- + mighty.
More words from Middle English, Old English
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
unmighty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmighty
“unmighty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmighty. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unmighty,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmighty.
Source: unmighty on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.