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单词 undeserved
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Definition of undeserved in English:

undeserved

adjectiveʌndɪˈzəːvdˌəndəˈzərvd
  • Not warranted, merited, or earned.

    an undeserved term of imprisonment
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I think they've got an undeserved reputation, and I think it's a shame to see what's happening with them.
    • This is not to say their current rankings are undeserved or their upset wins were not legitimate.
    • And sometimes you see other people having success and you feel cynical about that because it's undeserved.
    • He has an unenviable reputation for getting injured, which he claims is undeserved.
    • This airplane's bad reputation is entirely undeserved, but it helps keep the prices down.
    • You could argue that such a destiny is unfair, unjust, undeserved, and maybe that's so, but such an argument is irrelevant.
    • The certificate of whisky-tasting we were all given was a little undeserved - no one in our party could finish the samples.
    • As it happened, I actually had met Scott once or twice, and I can't say the honor was undeserved.
    • It is undeserved because they are doing a very good job.
    • I think this attack was unprovoked and undeserved, vicious, and mired in hate.
    • The city's politicians and business leaders say it proves their dour reputation is undeserved.
    • The state tourism secretary says the city's reputation for street crime is undeserved.
    • It seems, though, the benefit of the doubt I afforded them was entirely undeserved.
    • She has insisted that her diva reputation is undeserved.
    • Jack dies and Will is left to feel that again the money is entirely useless, undeserved and with no real purpose.
    • Having moved into the media, he gained an undeserved reputation for being laid back, when all he was actually displaying was a sense of perspective.
    • She does point out, however, that the perception that the team failed, and the criticism that followed, was undeserved.
    • There are miracles that happen every day, asked for and unasked for, deserved and undeserved.
    • But the pop princess was at pains to point out her reputation for tantrums is undeserved.
    • Like many unprolific authors he has acquired an undeserved reputation for brevity.
    Synonyms
    gratuitous, unnecessary, needless, unneeded, inessential

Derivatives

  • undeservedly

  • adverbʌndɪˈzəːvɪdli
    • You've described him as being undeservedly important.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Words cannot express what I today have undeservedly suffered.
      • And I have designed a truly ingenious way to use my bookshelves as a CD rack, of which I am undeservedly proud.
      • For the last four weeks we've got knocked from pillar to post, and undeservedly at times.
      • I'm a forty-one-year old metropolitan male, blissfully and undeservedly attached to a very charming woman, but I can well remember what it is like to be a thirty something single male.

Rhymes

unobserved
 
 

Definition of undeserved in US English:

undeserved

adjectiveˌəndəˈzərvdˌəndəˈzərvd
  • Not warranted, merited, or earned.

    an undeserved term of imprisonment
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He has an unenviable reputation for getting injured, which he claims is undeserved.
    • I think this attack was unprovoked and undeserved, vicious, and mired in hate.
    • But the pop princess was at pains to point out her reputation for tantrums is undeserved.
    • She has insisted that her diva reputation is undeserved.
    • And sometimes you see other people having success and you feel cynical about that because it's undeserved.
    • The certificate of whisky-tasting we were all given was a little undeserved - no one in our party could finish the samples.
    • The state tourism secretary says the city's reputation for street crime is undeserved.
    • The city's politicians and business leaders say it proves their dour reputation is undeserved.
    • There are miracles that happen every day, asked for and unasked for, deserved and undeserved.
    • She does point out, however, that the perception that the team failed, and the criticism that followed, was undeserved.
    • Having moved into the media, he gained an undeserved reputation for being laid back, when all he was actually displaying was a sense of perspective.
    • As it happened, I actually had met Scott once or twice, and I can't say the honor was undeserved.
    • You could argue that such a destiny is unfair, unjust, undeserved, and maybe that's so, but such an argument is irrelevant.
    • It seems, though, the benefit of the doubt I afforded them was entirely undeserved.
    • This is not to say their current rankings are undeserved or their upset wins were not legitimate.
    • Jack dies and Will is left to feel that again the money is entirely useless, undeserved and with no real purpose.
    • Like many unprolific authors he has acquired an undeserved reputation for brevity.
    • I think they've got an undeserved reputation, and I think it's a shame to see what's happening with them.
    • It is undeserved because they are doing a very good job.
    • This airplane's bad reputation is entirely undeserved, but it helps keep the prices down.
    Synonyms
    gratuitous, unnecessary, needless, unneeded, inessential
 
 
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