unworth

adjective

1. Not worth; not deserving of.

   rare

   This was rather pleasant, for she had to give Peter her hand, and so life became less unworth living to Peter.

Where it comes from

From Middle English unworth, unwurth, from Old English unweorþ, unweorþe (“unworthy, poor, mean, of low estate, worthless, contemptible, ignoble”), equivalent to un- + worth.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry unworth (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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