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单词 undeservedly
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undeservedlyadv.

Brit. /ˌʌndᵻˈzəːvᵻdli/, U.S. /ˌəndəˈzərvədli/, /ˌəndiˈzərvədli/
Etymology: un- prefix1 5; compare undeserved adj.
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)
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.
(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.
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)
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.
(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.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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