undeserve en · VERB
Etymology
From un- + deserve.
Meanings
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To fail to deserve, to be unworthy of
With fair equality, fraternal state, Will arrogate dominion undeserved Over his brethren, and quite dispossess Concord and law of nature from the earth
1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| undeserving | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| undeserved | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| undeserved | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| undeserves | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |