deservelessadj.
rare.
Undeserving.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adjective] > undeserving
unofservedc1225
unworthya1240
undeserved1390
unmeedfula1425
meedless1435
incondignc1450
indignc1450
undeserving1549
worthless1586
unworth1587
desertless1631
immeriting1635
demeritoriousa1640
deserveless1648
1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. G2v Deservelesse of the name of Paragon.
Derivatives
deˈservelessly adv. undeservedly, unjustifiably.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adverb] > undeservedly or undeservingly
wrightlesslikea1325
unworthilya1340
undeservingly1552
undeserved?c1570
indignly1593
undeservedly1603
desertlessly1619
unmeritingly1621
unmeritedly1635
deservelessly1654
immeritoriously1675
unmeritoriously1799
1654 R. Vilvain tr. Enchiridium Epigr. iv. 77 Henry put to death deservelesly [printed deservdlesly], Two Noblemen.
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