different between unworthy vs unworth

English

Etymology

From Middle English unworthy, equivalent to un- +? worthy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?w?ði/

  Rhymes: -??(r)ði

Adjective

unworthy (comparative unworthier, superlative unworthiest)

1. Not worthy; lacking value or merit; worthless.
   • 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act II, Scene i^[1]:

     […] But alas the while!

     If Hercules and Lichas play at dice

     Which is the better man, the greater throw

     May turn by the fortune from the weaker hand:

     So is Alcides beaten by his page;

     And so may I, blind Fortune leading me,

     Miss that which one unworthier may attain,

     And die with grieving.

   Antonym: worthy

Derived terms

• unworthily
• unworthiness

Related terms

• worth
• unworth

Translations

Noun

unworthy (plural unworthies)

1. An inadequate person.

English

Etymology 1

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

Noun

unworth (uncountable)

1. Unworthiness; unworthliness; worthlessness.
   • 1989, Richard Paul Janaro, Thelma C. Altshuler, The art of being human: the humanities as a technique for living:

     Feeling a sense of unworth, we kill ourselves in a number of ways.

Adjective

unworth (comparative more unworth, superlative most unworth)

1. (obsolete) unworthy

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

unworth (not comparable)

1. (rare) Not worth; not deserving of.