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undeservedly en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From undeserved + -ly or un- + deservedly.

Meanings

  1. In an undeserved manner.
    • In his opening pages he defines snark negatively — as a practice that certain famed comics are often charged with, but undeservedly and inaccurately because they actually trade in “irony” and also, one can’t help but gather from Denby’s remarks, because they’re politically virtuous in their japery, even when their words seem cruel and harsh. 2009 February 22, Walter Kirn, “Insult as Injury”, in The New York Times:

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more undeservedly Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most undeservedly Degree=Sup lexicographic

Synonyms

undeservingly