undeserving

English

Etymology

un- +‎ deserving

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌʌndɪˈzɝvɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)vɪŋ

Adjective

undeserving (comparative more undeserving, superlative most undeserving)

1. Considered unworthy of reward.

   the undeserving poor

   • 1912 (date written), [George] Bernard Shaw, “(please specify the page)”, in Androcles and the Lion, Overruled, Pygmalion, London: Constable and Company, published 1916, →OCLC:

     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

• Bulgarian: незаслужаващ (nezaslužavašt), недостоен (bg) (nedostoen)
• Dutch: onverdienstelijk
• German: unwürdig (de)
• Latin: immerens, indignus
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• Portuguese: desmerecedor, indigno (pt)
• Spanish: inmerecido (es)