unworthiness

English

Etymology

From unworthy +‎ -ness.

Noun

unworthiness (countable and uncountable, plural unworthinesses)

1. 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[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i], page 11:

     Fer. VVherefore weepe you ?

     Mir. At mine vnworthineſſe, that dare not offer / VVhat I deſire to giue ; and much leſſe take / VVhat I ſhall die to want : […]