deserved
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- deservedness noun
- half-deserved adjective
- half-deservedness noun
- undeserved adjective
- well-deserved adjective
Etymology
Origin of deserved
Example Sentences
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Commissioner Frank Owens, a dissenting vote, said the mayor deserved some slack: “Everybody has a bad night.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
“I’m disappointed this bill died in committee. Fire survivors deserved better,” Pérez said in a statement .
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
This is not to say that there weren’t some people who deserved to be fired.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026
"Even though we'd gone down and he'd been at the wheel for a lot of it, he almost deserved a chance still," Williams explained.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
A hope that Brickbane had been wrong, that Clare had not been a terrible, unloved animal who deserved a terrible fate.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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