Meaning & use
worthiness
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The quality of deserving attention, respect, or reward; being worthy.
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The committee debated the worthiness of each candidate for the award.
She questioned her own worthiness of such praise.
A note on using this word
Worthiness combines 'worthy' with the noun-forming suffix '-ness,' following a common English pattern for turning adjectives into abstract nouns.
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Words with an opposite meaning
unworthiness
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