Noun: unworthiness ,ún'wur-dhee-nus
- The quality or state of lacking merit or value
"His unworthiness for the position was evident in his lack of qualifications"
- The quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting
"his praise released from her loud protestations of her unworthiness";
- inappropriateness
Type of: bad, badness, ineptness, unsuitability, unsuitableness
Antonym: worthiness