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UNDESERVING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does undeserving mean?
• UNDESERVING (adjective)
The adjective UNDESERVING has 1 sense:
1. not deserving
Familiarity information: UNDESERVING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not deserving
Synonyms:
undeserving; unworthy
Context example:
the undeserving poor
Similar:
unworthy (lacking in value or merit)
Context examples
“Wickham is not so undeserving, then, as we thought him,” said her sister.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
I should be undeserving of the confidence you have honoured me with, if I felt no desire for its continuance, or no farther curiosity on its subject.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Well, he is a very undeserving young man—and I do not suppose there's the least chance in the world of her ever getting him now.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Then, perceiving in Elizabeth no inclination of replying, she added, Unhappy as the event must be for Lydia, we may draw from it this useful lesson: that loss of virtue in a female is irretrievable; that one false step involves her in endless ruin; that her reputation is no less brittle than it is beautiful; and that she cannot be too much guarded in her behaviour towards the undeserving of the other sex.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
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