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Recent Examples of undeserving
Unless Freeze goes 4-0 in November and wins the Iron Bowl, his résumé would be wholly undeserving of a fourth season.
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Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2025
And in no way is Baldelli blameless, or even wholly undeserving of being dismissed.
—Aaron Gleeman, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Indeed, Black women have historically been viewed by whites as unclean and licentious and therefore undeserving of protection.
—Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2025
After demanding Posey show some respect, Browning-Grice spoke about her daughter’s infectious laugh and her dedication to showing compassion to even those who seemed undeserving of it.
—Arkansas Online, 4 Aug. 2025
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Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2025
And in no way is Baldelli blameless, or even wholly undeserving of being dismissed.
—Aaron Gleeman, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Indeed, Black women have historically been viewed by whites as unclean and licentious and therefore undeserving of protection.
—Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2025
After demanding Posey show some respect, Browning-Grice spoke about her daughter’s infectious laugh and her dedication to showing compassion to even those who seemed undeserving of it.
—Arkansas Online, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undeserving
Adjective
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Loyalty points may be worthless Clint Henderson, a travel expert with The Points Guy, said many Spirit Airlines customers could see the value of their loyalty points vanish, with little chance of recovering them.—
Mirna Alsharif,
NBC news,
2 May 2026
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While the players who spent thousands of dollars on Legacy land plots still technically control the associated NFTs, those crypto tokens are practically worthless without an active game to monetize them.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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This is going to be a horrible, terrible, no-good, very bad day.—
Nathan Rott,
NPR,
27 Mar. 2026
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Archie has a no-good, very-bad day, and Dylan goes to bat for her students.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Undeserving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undeserving. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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