Definition of "worthiness" []

• The state or quality of having value or merit. (noun)
• The result or product of having value or merit. (noun)
• The state or quality of being qualified or eligible. (noun)
• The result or product of being qualified or eligible. (noun)

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• "To add insult to injury, circulation of "Tragedy of the Commons," which slams muni credit-worthiness, is tightly controlled."
• "Those of us who reject outright the idea that our worthiness is to be found in our genes (or our jeans) must therefore make our case, again and again -- and primarily to ourselves."
• "His expressed doubt of the music’s worthiness is to be ignored; the score is fantastic."