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Definition of deserving in English: deservingadjectivedɪˈzəːvɪŋdəˈzərvɪŋ Worthy of being treated in a particular way, typically of being given assistance. Example sentencesExamples - Well done to one and all in their fine achievement for a very deserving and worthwhile cause.
- Aren't those who shake their heads at our foolishness and naivete more deserving of the label?
- How dare anyone stay in the game longer than me when I am so much more deserving of my place.
- He scored some really important goals from midfield in the big games and he's a deserving recipient.
- Which is why those most deserving of reciprocal loyalty are treated with the greatest disdain.
- After many years supporting the event a new managing director at the weekly paper has decided to look at other deserving causes.
- The source of Henry's concern for the poor and deserving is at least known.
- We must not blame the poor nor place them in categories of deserving or undeserving.
- Nobody was going to rush out and build a railroad, or donate half their house-keeping to the deserving poor.
- Next month judges will draw up a shortlist of 150 names they believe to be most deserving of an award.
- Hopefully we will have some funds to subsidise special and deserving cases.
- And we are now asking our readers to vote for who they think is most deserving of the special award.
- I felt embarrassed to be the youngest and perhaps the least deserving of them all.
- The police are not any more deserving of respect than teachers, nurses or your local hooker.
- She is dismissive of talk that the island is any less deserving of public support than any other community in Scotland.
- This is partly because she really does seem to see the rich as more deserving of life than the poor.
- Do you know of any fellow citizen, who has lately done a worthy action, deserving praise and imitation?
- Why is that person more deserving of praise and respect than anyone else?
- This record doesn't make a good case for him being more deserving of the performance slots.
- If so, then why not see some race or nation or class as more fully human and more deserving of respect and preservation than others?
Synonyms worthy, meritorious, commendable, praiseworthy, laudable, excellent, fine, admirable, estimable, exemplary, creditable respectable, decent, honourable, virtuous, righteous, upright, good meriting, warranting, justifying, qualified for, suiting, suitable for, worthy
Derivatives adverb He pointed out that many a politician is being called ‘the Honourable this and that’ when he would more deservingly be called ‘Dishonourable’! Example sentencesExamples - It didn't hurt Stravinsky much, and his sunny piece got a deservingly warm reception.
- That they deservingly gained this great distinction no well-informed individual will for a moment deny.
- Thus the fly-away-five deservingly held on to the finish: though in fact there was mere seconds between the whole field at the finish.
- He was in awesome form, scoring two tries as Leicester rolled over the opposition and he deservingly won the coveted Man of the Match award.
noun A noncomparative desert principle associates a proper amount of recognition, remuneration, or reward with an individual's particular level of deservingness. Example sentencesExamples - Moral ideas like deservingness or fairness have no role in this system.
- Here the concept of deservingness, or the extent to which an individual is perceived to be deserving of high quality health care, can mediate the treatment received.
- In these novels, desire and deservingness coincide, suturing over the paradox at the center of inheritance.
- For the meritocrat is introducing another ‘relevant difference’ as justification for unequal shares: the principle of deservingness.
Definition of deserving in US English: deservingadjectivedəˈzərvɪŋdəˈzərviNG Worthy of being treated in a particular way, typically of being given assistance. Example sentencesExamples - Do you know of any fellow citizen, who has lately done a worthy action, deserving praise and imitation?
- We must not blame the poor nor place them in categories of deserving or undeserving.
- I felt embarrassed to be the youngest and perhaps the least deserving of them all.
- The source of Henry's concern for the poor and deserving is at least known.
- Hopefully we will have some funds to subsidise special and deserving cases.
- Why is that person more deserving of praise and respect than anyone else?
- If so, then why not see some race or nation or class as more fully human and more deserving of respect and preservation than others?
- And we are now asking our readers to vote for who they think is most deserving of the special award.
- Next month judges will draw up a shortlist of 150 names they believe to be most deserving of an award.
- He scored some really important goals from midfield in the big games and he's a deserving recipient.
- After many years supporting the event a new managing director at the weekly paper has decided to look at other deserving causes.
- This record doesn't make a good case for him being more deserving of the performance slots.
- The police are not any more deserving of respect than teachers, nurses or your local hooker.
- Well done to one and all in their fine achievement for a very deserving and worthwhile cause.
- Which is why those most deserving of reciprocal loyalty are treated with the greatest disdain.
- Aren't those who shake their heads at our foolishness and naivete more deserving of the label?
- She is dismissive of talk that the island is any less deserving of public support than any other community in Scotland.
- How dare anyone stay in the game longer than me when I am so much more deserving of my place.
- This is partly because she really does seem to see the rich as more deserving of life than the poor.
- Nobody was going to rush out and build a railroad, or donate half their house-keeping to the deserving poor.
Synonyms worthy, meritorious, commendable, praiseworthy, laudable, excellent, fine, admirable, estimable, exemplary, creditable meriting, warranting, justifying, qualified for, suiting, suitable for, worthy
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