undeservednessn.
/ˌʌndᵻˈzəːvᵻdnᵻs/, U.S. /ˌəndəˈzərvədnəs/, /ˌəndiˈzərvədnəs/ 1. The quality of being undeserved.
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society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [noun] > condition of being undeserving > quality of being undeserved
undeservedness1611
unmeritedness1659
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xix. 713/2 The reuerence of the man, or vndeseruednesse of his wrongs, moued so the affection of the Oxford Academians, that [etc.].
1646 W. Jenkyn Reformation's Remora 16 Ponder it in the..unexpectednesse, undeservednes, manner of bestowing it.
1711–2 R. Newton Serm. (1784) 458 If much be due..on account of the Greatness of our Blessing, how much more is due when we consider the Undeservedness of it?
2. Want of desert.
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society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [noun] > condition of being undeserving
unworth1340
misdeserving1540
undesert1587
misdesert1596
undeserving1598
indeserta1657
undeservednessa1834
a1834 J. Martin Disc. iv. 54 That consciousness of sin and undeservedness which every one feels.
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