undeserved
pronunciation
How to pronounce undeserved in British English:
UK [ˌʌndɪˈzɜ:vd]
How to pronounce undeserved in American English:
US [ˌʌndɪˈzɜrvd]
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- Adjective:
- not deserved or earned
Word Origin
- undeserved (adj.)
- late 14c., from un- (1) "not" + past participle of deserve (v.). Related: Undeservedly.
Example
- 1. Oh , and one greedy , incompetent banker has got his mitts on some undeserved millions .
- 2. But it is easy to miss our chance of happiness , for it is always undeserved .
- 3. I could give many other examples of government creation of undeserved inequality , but governments are not the only source of such inequality .
- 4. One I fear undeserved .
- 5. People in the latter tend to see this as unfair , because it is undeserved .