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单词 undeserving
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Definition of undeserving in English:

undeserving

adjectiveʌndɪˈzəːvɪŋˌəndəˈzərvɪŋ
  • Not deserving or worthy of something positive, especially help or praise.

    the applicant is undeserving of assistance
    the undeserving poor
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The undeserving rich, some might say, although at least they've worked for their money… unlike some.
    • I guess that there has to be some sort of finality; the awards will be back next year, complete with deserving and undeserving winners.
    • The problem here is that people object when randomly good things happen to undeserving people.
    • Once taken in by the upper society, he is given undeserving respect and a copious amount of bribes.
    • There are rumours about town that Rita and her family are planning to pack up and move their restaurant to some other undeserving locale.
    • So companies settle for a lot less, but still give undeserving people money.
    • Always err on the side of niceness until they prove themselves to be undeserving of your better side.
    • If his case doesn't justify asylum, then there are millions of undeserving asylum seekers living here under false pretences.
    • I wonder which undeserving news story will blow up to be huge next?
    • He is undeserving of such praise because what he actually produced was confusion.
    • I'm not interested in whether or not they are married, or whether they are the deserving or undeserving poor.
    • I closed my eyes, refusing to see the torture being done to my poor, undeserving hair.
    • But the undeserving poor, particularly those who showed no signs of changing their ways, were given harsh treatment.
    • And who decides who is undeserving, and deserving, or who is lucky and who is astute?
    • Mr Williams and others who write to the papers contrive to imply that council staff are uniquely undeserving idle bureaucrats or lazy workmen.
    • It's about time that we began to recognize that inherited wealth is equally undeserving of our reverence.
    • We must not blame the poor nor place them in categories of deserving or undeserving.
    • They are, as far as anyone can tell, bitterly hostile to the oligarchs, believing them to be the undeserving beneficiaries of resources that belong to the nation.
    • Also, we wanted to ensure the money raised would be used cent for cent towards social work and not bleed away into the hands of those undeserving.
    • Yet it's possible that Edina may be even less forgivable as that most loathsome of types, the undeserving rich.
    Synonyms
    not worthy, not good enough for, ineligible for, unqualified for, unfit for

Derivatives

  • undeservingly

  • adverb
    • So unless we notice that a player has been omitted undeservingly, we cannot say anything.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I think he will win the title undeservingly and probably be champ for a little while.
 
 

Definition of undeserving in US English:

undeserving

adjectiveˌəndəˈzərvɪŋˌəndəˈzərviNG
  • Not deserving or worthy of something positive, especially help or praise.

    the applicant is undeserving of assistance
    the undeserving poor
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They are, as far as anyone can tell, bitterly hostile to the oligarchs, believing them to be the undeserving beneficiaries of resources that belong to the nation.
    • And who decides who is undeserving, and deserving, or who is lucky and who is astute?
    • Mr Williams and others who write to the papers contrive to imply that council staff are uniquely undeserving idle bureaucrats or lazy workmen.
    • The problem here is that people object when randomly good things happen to undeserving people.
    • Once taken in by the upper society, he is given undeserving respect and a copious amount of bribes.
    • I guess that there has to be some sort of finality; the awards will be back next year, complete with deserving and undeserving winners.
    • Yet it's possible that Edina may be even less forgivable as that most loathsome of types, the undeserving rich.
    • But the undeserving poor, particularly those who showed no signs of changing their ways, were given harsh treatment.
    • I closed my eyes, refusing to see the torture being done to my poor, undeserving hair.
    • I'm not interested in whether or not they are married, or whether they are the deserving or undeserving poor.
    • We must not blame the poor nor place them in categories of deserving or undeserving.
    • It's about time that we began to recognize that inherited wealth is equally undeserving of our reverence.
    • If his case doesn't justify asylum, then there are millions of undeserving asylum seekers living here under false pretences.
    • So companies settle for a lot less, but still give undeserving people money.
    • Always err on the side of niceness until they prove themselves to be undeserving of your better side.
    • Also, we wanted to ensure the money raised would be used cent for cent towards social work and not bleed away into the hands of those undeserving.
    • He is undeserving of such praise because what he actually produced was confusion.
    • I wonder which undeserving news story will blow up to be huge next?
    • There are rumours about town that Rita and her family are planning to pack up and move their restaurant to some other undeserving locale.
    • The undeserving rich, some might say, although at least they've worked for their money… unlike some.
    Synonyms
    not worthy, not good enough for, ineligible for, unqualified for, unfit for
 
 
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