unworthiness
3
7.5
- noun
- /ʌnˈwɜrðɪnəs/
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indignidad
- She struggled with a deep sense of unworthiness that prevented her from accepting compliments.
You grew up with that, that feeling of unworthiness.
- You grew up with that, that feeling of unworthiness.
- And this is comes from codependency because it stems from unworthiness.
- And as long as we do that, we will fail to truly connect with our children, and then our children will go into the world with this bottomless void of unworthiness.
- Anxiety, worry and security and the jealousy, guilt, unworthiness, shame, suffering.
- They see scarcity and competition and vengeance, unworthiness and weakness.
- Whatever that's going on in your mind, recognize that I'm in the trance of unworthiness.
- It's sort of reeks of this unworthiness energy, you know, just checking in to see how you're doing.
- It doesn't because it's an it's a void of unworthiness that can never be filled by injections or by people.
Examples
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Maybe this has left him with a feeling of unworthiness that needs to be proven wrong.
Blog text (29) -
In God's presence, Moses is acutely aware of his inadequacies, his fleshly tendencies, his unworthiness.
Blog text (4) -
May I ask where my unworthiness lies?
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Now... what I most often feel is unworthiness.
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With feelings of unworthiness, they feel only others are worthy of drawing near to God in His word.
Blog text (7) -
Above all, they lived without morbid worries about their souls, sin, or feelings of personal unworthiness.
Academic text (2003) -
With so many teenagers in my life, I hear their cries of unworthiness, and this is the only message that can quench those feelings.
Blog text (34) -
They see scarcity and competition and vengeance, unworthiness and weakness.
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Zongker (1977) found that pregnant teenage girls had feelings of poor self-esteem, feelings of inadequacy and unworthiness, and were dissatisfied with their bodies.
Academic text (1997) -
A child largely ignored by his or her parents might grow up with feelings of insecurity, inadequacy, loneliness, and unworthiness and might spend most of his or her adult life trying to curry the favor and attention of others, even if this requires compromising his or her moral integrity.
Academic text (2003)
Synonyms
3
6.3
A feeling that you have no value or importance
A feeling that you are not worthy of praise or reward
A situation in which something has no value
Antonyms
How Worthy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unworthiness is built from the negative un- meaning 'not', the word worthy (from the old idea of worth, meaning 'value' or 'deserving'), and the ending -ness that makes a 'state'. So unworthiness means the 'state' of not being worthy — not having value or feeling deserving.