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- adjective
Worthy ofscorn .
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Examples
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He may fancy himself "dowered with the hate of hate, the scorn of scorn," but in reality he does not hate hate but hates the hateful, and scorns, not scorn, but the scornworthy.
The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 Ambrose Bierce 1878
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When one considers the gravity of such situations, the act of wearing an armband because you feel you team-mate's two-week suspension was unfair is pitiful and scornworthy.
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