well-deserving
/ˌwɛldɪˈzəːvɪŋ/adjective
Meriting good treatment; worthy of reward.
noun
Treated as plural. With the: people who are well-deserving as a class; the worthy, the meritorious.
Origin
Mid 16th century; earliest use found in George Joye (1490x95–1553), evangelical author. From well + deserving.
- one-man operated
- one-man show
- one man's meat is another man's poison
- one moment (or just a moment)
- one nation
- on end
- oneness
- one-night
- one-nighter
- one-night stand
- one-note
- one of a kind
- one-off
- one of these days
- one of those days
- one of us
- one-old-cat
- one-one
- one-on-one
- one or another (or the other)
- one (or a) step at a time
- one or two
- one-parent
- one-party
- one-party system