undeserving
English
Etymology
un- + deserving
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌʌndɪˈzɝvɪŋ/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)vɪŋ
Adjective
undeserving (comparative more undeserving, superlative most undeserving)
- Considered unworthy of reward.
- the undeserving poor
- 1912, George Bernard Shaw, “Act I”, in Pygmalion:
- If there's anything going, and I put in for a bit of it, it's always the same story: "You're undeserving; so you can't have it."
Antonyms
- deserving
Translations
considered unworthy of reward
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