| 单词 | undeserving |
| 释义 | undeserving (once / 9983 pages) adj If you are undeserving, then you are not worthy of something. If you believe that a famous actor isn't worthy of the attention and praise he gets, you can describe him as undeserving. The adjective undeserving is perfect for talking about someone who has more than he or she is entitled to. You might believe that your cheating classmate is undeserving of the school prizes she wins, or that greedy bosses are undeserving of their high salaries. The word deserve is at the root of undeserving, and it in turn comes from the Latin deservire, or "serve well." In Late Latin, this came to mean "be entitled to because of good service." WORD FAMILYundeserving: undeservingly+/deserve: deserved, deserves, deserving/deserved: deservedest, deservedly, undeserved/deserving: deservingest, deservingly, deservingness, undeserving/undeserved: undeservedly USAGE EXAMPLESWhen is it ever OK to negotiate in bad faith, as if the Palestinians were animals and therefore undeserving of peace? Salon(Dec 26, 2016) The core reason is that the word 'universal' smacks of the so-called 'undeserving' getting something free from the 'deserving'. New York Times(Oct 24, 2016) The emphasis on gang membership has always seemed to me like a way of filtering child deaths into two categories: deserving and undeserving. Salon(Oct 26, 2016) adj not deserving the undeserving poor Syn unworthy unworthy lacking in value or merit |
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