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WURTH-ee/ˈwɜːði/

Worthy means deserving respect, attention, or a specified thing (worthy of): a worthy winner, worthy of the name. Worth (already in the dictionary) is value; a prize with an invented n is still a methods failure.

Meaning

Deserving respect, attention, or a specified thing (worthy of).

Examples

• “A prize is not worthy of the name if the n is invented.”
• “Deserving is everyday. Worth is already in this course (value). A prize is an award. A count is a file. Open the file; then engrave the cup.”

Good to know

Deserving (of). Noun cousin: worth (already in the dictionary). A cup ≠ an invented n.

Near in meaning

deserving

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