undeserved en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English deserved English undeserved From un- + deserved.
Meanings
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Not deserved, earned or merited; unjustifiable or unfair.
And wordy attacks against slavery drew sneers from observers which were not altogether undeserved. The authors were compared to doctors who offered to a patient nothing more than invectives against the disease which consumed him.
1963, C.L.R. James, The Black Jacobins, 2nd Revised edition, page 24:Second best moves are good enough against most chessplayers. Occasionally, they even earn an undeserved reward. But not against Alekhine.
1957 February, “Solitaire Chess”, in Chess Review:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more undeserved | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most undeserved | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
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Translations (16)
es inmerecido (not deserved, earned or merited; unjustifiable or unfair) · de unverdient (not deserved, earned or merited; unjustifiable or unfair) · ca immerescut (not deserved, earned or merited; unjustifiable or unfair) · gv neuhoillit (not deserved, earned or merited; unjustifiable or unfair) · ga éagórach (not deserved, earned or merited; unjustifiable or unfair) · la immeritus (not deserved, earned or merited; unjustifiable or unfair) · ga neamhthuillte (not deserved, earned or merited; unjustifiable or unfair) · sv oförtjänt (not deserved, earned or merited; unjustifiable or unfair) · bg незаслужен (not deserved, earned or merited; unjustifiable or unfair) · it immeritato (not deserved, earned or merited; unjustifiable or unfair) · fi ansaitsematon (not deserved, earned or merited; unjustifiable or unfair) · ru незаслуженный (not deserved, earned or merited; unjustifiable or unfair) · cs nezasloužený (not deserved, earned or merited; unjustifiable or unfair) · fr immérité (not deserved, earned or merited; unjustifiable or unfair) · pt imerecido (not deserved, earned or merited; unjustifiable or unfair) · fr injustifié (not deserved, earned or merited; unjustifiable or unfair)