Undeserving
[ʌndɪ'zɜːvɪŋ] or [,ʌndɪ'zɝvɪŋ]
Examples
- No, Miss Manette; all through it, I have known myself to be quite undeserving. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- It's the undeserving I'm againSt. Ah, there it is, you see, there it is, said Mr. Trumbull, significantly. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Wickham is not so undeserving, then, as we thought him, said her sister. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- 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. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- I were undeserving his grace did I not peril it for his good. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- 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. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- It can't be denied that undeserving people have been legatees, and even residuary legatees. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Typist: Rex