单词 | undeservedly |
释义 | undeservedlyadv. 1. Without having deserved (to suffer); without contributory fault or demerit; unjustly.In group (a) referring to the subject of the clause or concept, in (b) to the object of the action. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unjustness > [adverb] unevenc1000 unrightOE unrightlyOE wronga1250 falsely1303 wrongouslyc1325 unskilfully1338 unskilwiselya1340 wrongly1340 unrightfullyc1350 wrongfullyc1374 unevenly1382 unjustlyc1384 unduly1399 slanderously1429 injustly1502 undeservedly1549 slanderfully1550 unequallya1599 unequitably1649 unfairly1713 iniquitably1742 inequitably1857 society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adverb] > undeservedly or undeservingly > without demerit undeservedly1549 undeservingly1645 (a) (b)1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cclxiiij [He] therfore ascribeth vnto vs Tyranny, extortion and disturbaunce of the clergie, but vndeseruedly.1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 51/1 Oftentimes Princes vndeseruedlye punishe theire Chyrurgians.1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines i. iv. 43 He had wrongfully and vndeseruedly bene offended with me.1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Polit. Touch-stone (1674) 269 A perfect Braggadochio, [they]..do not undeservedly personate..by a Spaniard.1901 Athenæum 27 July 115/1 This curt reference makes undeservedly light of Mr. Langley's immense labours.1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 Pet. i. f. iii Where you suffre suche thynges vndeseruedly, you shall..receyue a great fruyte of your fayth. 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Uiv v With these daungers vndeseruedlye was noble Bellerophon distreste. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 289 Iulian..so died,..cursing..the Star-gazers and himselfe for adhering to them, not undeservedly. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 474. ⁋6 A yearly Relief of my undeservedly necessitious Neighbours. 1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1865) 29 That I may have attracted notice to a writer undeservedly forgotten. 1877 W. Smith & H. Wace Dict. Christian Biogr. I. 291/1 Whose reputation for orthodoxy was not undeservedly low. 2. Without desert or merit; in an unmerited degree.In (b) referring to the object of the action. 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 (a) (b)1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. li. 167 Vnworthily and vndeservedly to bestow on whom we list the..loftiest titles.1700 J. Dryden Fables Ded. sig. C One of those Athletick Brutes whom undeservedly we call Heroes.1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xvii. i. 620 There were Kings in Israel, for some..predictions of theirs, may not vndeseruedly be called..Prophets. 1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. iv. §1. 58 The same Law..is also wont to be called Divine, nor undeservedly. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 302. ⁋5 Many of the prevailing Passions of Mankind do undeservedly pass under the Name of Religion. 1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 464 The great number of Boxes which they undeservedly occupy. 1835 Court Mag. 6 55/1 S. Filippo Neri has a high character, and not undeservedly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1549 |
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