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单词 ill-deserved
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ill-deservedadj.

Brit. /ˌɪldᵻˈzəːvd/, U.S. /ˌɪldəˈzərvd/, /ˌɪldiˈzərvd/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ill- comb. form, deserved adj.
Etymology: < ill- comb. form + deserved adj. Compare earlier well-deserved adj.
Not deserved; unwarranted.
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society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adjective] > unwarranted or unjustifiable
undue1398
sacklessa1400
indefensible1529
unwarranted1577
indefensive1586
unjustifiable1589
unwarrantable1612
unconcessible1643
unjustified1644
injustifiable1646
insupportable1649
ill-deserveda1666
unsupportable1710
warrantless1863
society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adjective] > undeserving > undeserved
unearnedc1200
unofearneda1225
unwortha1240
unworthya1382
unrighteous1533
desertless1556
unmerited1581
undeserving1598
immerited1602
meritless1603
undemerited1629
unmeritable1635
ill-deserveda1666
a1666 R. Fanshawe tr. A. Hurtado de Mendoza Querer por solo Querer (1670) iii. 149 The ill-deserved Name to Me of Felisbrave is known already.
1766 J. Langhorne Fatal Prophecy iv. iii, in Poet. Wks. II. 94 There, indeed, Long hast thou play'd the tyrant—long opprest me With ill-deserved favours.
1798 M. G. Lewis Castle Spectre vi. iii. 99 Though ill-deserved by his guilt, Your generous pity still is amiable.
1803 W. Wirt Let. 5 Aug. in J. P. Kennedy Mem. Life W. Wirt (1849) I. viii. 100 He will but echo the popular voice, with the single motive of retaining his ill-deserved office rather than offend the people by honest service.
1896 Eng. Hist. Rev. 41 11 Romance may be credited with having done something to preserve from an ill-deserved obscurity the name of Nekhtneb Kheper-ka-Ra.
1938 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) A. 237 162 In spite of certain shortcomings of this paper to which the writer will in due course draw attention, the consequent apparent neglect of their work is ill-deserved.
1987 R. Curtis & B. Elton Blackadder the Third in R. Curtis et al. Blackadder: Whole Damn Dynasty (1998) 282/2 Are the words ‘I have a cunning plan’ marching with ill-deserved confidence in the direction of this conversation?
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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