Difference between Unworthy and Worthless

What is the difference between Unworthy and Worthless?

Unworthy as an adjective is not worthy; lacking value or merit; worthless. while Worthless as an adjective is not having worth and use, without value, inconsequential.

Unworthy

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Not worthy; lacking value or merit; worthless.

Example sentence: If ever I feel the soul within me elevate and expand to those dimensions not wholly unworthy of its Almighty Architect, it is when I contemplate the cause of my country, deserted by all the world beside, and I standing up boldly and lone and hurling defiance at her victorious oppressors.

Worthless

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Not having worth and use, without value, inconsequential.

Example sentence: My dad died when I was young; my mom remarried with more haste than sense to a fellow... he wasn't evil or anything, but he was worthless.

We hope you now know whether to use Unworthy or Worthless in your sentence.

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