deserving

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[edit] English

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[edit] Adjective

deserving (comparative more deserving, superlative most deserving)

Positive
deserving

Comparative
more deserving

Superlative
most deserving

  1. worthy of reward or praise; meritorious
    the deserving poor
  2. meriting, worthy (reward, punishment etc.)

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[edit] Noun

Singular
deserving

Plural
deservings

deserving (plural deservings)

  1. desert, merit or demerit

[edit] Verb

deserving

  1. Present participle of deserve.