Undeserved
[ʌndɪ'zɜːvd]
Definition
(adj.) not deserved or earned; 'has an undeserved reputation as a coward' .
Checked by Juliana--From WordNet
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Unmerited, not deserved.
Typist: Shane
Examples
- A great outcry has arisen and a number of perfectly conventional men like Lorimer suffer an undeserved humiliation. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Murderers were not the only people liable to be hanged, and women convicts were not treated like ladies in undeserved distress. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I, with poor father's grave not even cleared of undeserved stain and shame, and he trying to clear it for me! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Woe to the man who played tricks with _that_ Army, or got undeserved promotion in it! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I considered Ponsonby's conduct towards myself and his wife as equally heartless, and undeserved by all I had suffered for him. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
Typist: Shane