unworthiness
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English
Etymology
From Middle English unworthynesse; equivalent to unworthy + -ness or un- + worthiness.[1][2]
Noun
unworthiness (countable and uncountable, plural unworthinesses)
- 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 Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 11:
Translations
the characteristic or condition of being unworthy
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References
- ^ “unworthī̆nes(se, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- ^ “unworthiness, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
