unworthiness

Example Sentences

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This led to dark and distressing thoughts about her appearance, including ongoing feelings of unworthiness.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

“All those who see unworthiness when they look at me and are given thereby to denying me value — to you I say, ‘I’m not talking about being as good as you.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 7, 2022

The broad humor and underlying theme of unworthiness — cornerstones of that book — became hallmarks of Mr. Friedman’s style, whether he was writing for the page or the stage.

From Washington Post • Jun. 4, 2020

You deserve a chance to explore and identify where you may feel compassion, misplaced responsibility, a sense of unworthiness about the joy you very much deserve to experience, survivor’s guilt, a desire to fix, etc.

From Slate • Jul. 30, 2019

We felt comfortable in our skins, enjoyed the news that our senses released to us, admired our dirt, cultivated our scars, and could not comprehend this unworthiness.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison