Dictionary

undeserving en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌʌndɪˈzɝvɪŋ/
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Etymology

From un- + deserving.

Meanings

1. Considered unworthy of reward.
   • I'm one of the undeserving poor: thats what I am. […] If theres anything going, and I put in for a bit of it, it's always the same story: "You're undeserving; so you cant have it." But my needs is as great as the most deserving widow's that ever got money out of six different charities in one week for the death of the same husband. I dont need less than a deserving man: I need more. 1912 (date written), [George] Bernard Shaw, “Pygmalion”, in Androcles and the Lion, Overruled, Pygmalion, London: Constable and Company, published 1916, →OCLC, Act II, page 138:
   • the undeserving poor

Forms

Antonyms

deserving

Deriveds

undeservingly · undeservingness · undeserving poor

Translations (16)

grc ἀνάξιος (considered unworthy of reward) · de unwürdig (considered unworthy of reward) · da uværdig (considered unworthy of reward) · la immerens (considered unworthy of reward) · pt indigno (considered unworthy of reward) · es desmereciente (considered unworthy of reward) · es desmerecedor (considered unworthy of reward) · bg незаслужаващ (considered unworthy of reward) · la indignus (considered unworthy of reward) · nl onverdienstelijk (considered unworthy of reward) · pt desmerecedor (considered unworthy of reward) · hi अयोग्य (considered unworthy of reward) · bg недостоен (considered unworthy of reward) · es inmerecido (considered unworthy of reward) · es no / poco merecedor / mereciente (considered unworthy of reward) · el ανάξιος (considered unworthy of reward)