= undeserved, adj. 1.

Of persons: not worthy; lacking worth or merit; undeserving; hence, despicable, contemptible.

Not deserved or merited (a) as a reward, favour, etc., (b) as a punishment, harm, etc.

Undeserving of reward.

Having no meed; undeserving; unrewarded. Now archaic and literary.

Unworthy, undeserving, undeserved.

Unworthy; undeserving. Const. of (to, or infinitive). archaic.

Not deserving (something good); lacking desert or merit; unworthy. Also const. of.

Of a person: undeserving of something, esp. something positive, as praise, honour, etc. Also of a thing: unworthy of a person. Obsolete.

Not worthy of (something); = unworthy, adj. 6. Const. with (a) nouns, esp. while, or (b) verbal nouns.

Without desert or merit: undeserving.

transitive. Not to merit or deserve. Only in iˈmmeriting adj. Obsolete undeserving.

Failing to deserve, undeserving. Obsolete. rare.

Undeserving.