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Unworth, adj. [e.m.E. unworth (1587); Worth adj.] Not worthy, undeserving. = Unworthy adj. 2 a (4). —1605-6 Welsh Forty-eight Serm. 532.
Having come to Christ, and cast themselves upon His mercy as unworth to be brought in amongst His children
