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unworthiness vs badness

badness vs unworthiness

unworthiness and badness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
unworthiness Yes No No No
badness Yes No No No
As nouns, badness is a hypernym of unworthiness; that is, badness is a word with a broader meaning than unworthiness:
  • unworthiness: the quality or state of lacking merit or value
  • badness: that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
Other hypernyms of unworthiness include bad.
unworthiness (noun) badness (noun)
the quality or state of lacking merit or value that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
the quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
an attribute of mischievous children
Difference between unworthiness and badness

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