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undeˈserved, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
†1. Without having deserved it; undeserving.
c1374Chaucer Troylus iii. 1021 O were it leful þat I pleyne of þe, That vndeserued suffrest Ialousie. 1390Gower Conf. III. 13 Some comen to the dole In happ, and..Drinke undeserved of the beste. 1412–20Lydg. Chron. Troy i. 2407 And vndeserued [sc. of me] ben to me so trewe, Þat I ensure vpon my feith [etc.]. a1536Calisto & Melib. A vj b, Yet vndeseruyd now thou comyst hydyr. 1593Kyd Let. to Puckering Wks. (1901) p. cviii, Atheisme,..which I was vndeserved chargd withall.
†b. Without reason; unjustly. Obs.—1
c1570Bugbears iii. iv. 8 Vnderservde [sic] a thowsand tymes I wysh to see hym deade.
2. Not deserved or merited (a) as a reward, favour, etc., (b) as a punishment, harm, etc.
(a)1390Gower Conf. I. 43 Bot as the whiel aboute went He yifth his graces undeserved. c1450Myrr. our Ladye 132 That was hys othe, to gyue hymselfe to vs, A greate gyfte and vndeserued. 1551Robinson tr. More's Utopia i. (1895) 20 Your great gentlenes to me, of my part vndeserued. 1596Shakes. Merch. V. ii. ix. 40 Let none presume To weare an vndeserued dignitie. 1631Gouge God's Arrows i. §33. 54 The whole cause therfore resteth in God; even in his free grace, and undeserved love. 1722Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 681 The undeserved kindness you have heaped on me. 1825Scott Talism. xxiii, Permit me rather to express..my gratitude for..this undeserved generosity. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 459 He was widely known by the very undeserved appellation of Honest Tom.
(b)1513More Rich. III, Wks. 62 What speke we of losse, his vtter spoile and vndeserued distruccyon. 1590Spenser F.Q. i. ii. 26 Hart of flint would rew The vndeserued woes and sorrowes, which ye shew. 1644Milton Areop. (Arb.) 61 The removal of an undeserved thraldom upon lerning. 1777Sheridan Sch. Scand. iv. i, He was a merchant in Dublin, but has been ruined by a series of undeserved misfortunes. 1849E. B. Eastwick Dry Leaves 63 The undeserved injuries and insults which had been heaped on the Amirs. 1896W. K. Leask H. Miller ii. 39 Undeserved denunciations of the dangers of Chartism. |