indesert en · NOUN
Etymology
From in- + desert.
Meanings
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable) Ill desert; failure to deserve something.
To relieve them without any remarkable indesert on their part.
1861, E. M. Goulburn, Thoughts on Personal Religion:[W]hich stop the Way to the true Knowledge and Service of Mankind, overlook the little Distinctions of Fortune, raise obscure Merit, and discountenance successful Indesert […]
1709 September 27 (Gregorian calendar), Isaac Bickerstaff [et al., pseudonyms; Joseph Addison], “Friday, September 17, 1709”, in The Tatler, number 69; republished in [Richard Steele], editor, The Tatler, […], London stereotype edition, volume I, London: I. Walker and Co.; […], 1822, →OCLC:1831, George Hall (vicar of Tenbury), The dictate book; being lessons on life, men, and manners All those who made their entrance into the world with the same advantages, and were once looked on as his equals, are apt to think the fame of his merits a reflection on their own indeserts, and will therefore take care to reproach him […]
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| indeserts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |