deservingness
- a word derived from deserving.
Example Sentences
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The payments also come with no strings attached — no requirements to document work hours or assets, or sit through humiliating interviews to plead deservingness.
From Washington Post • Jul. 12, 2021
It has also been co-opted into a badge of honor—a synonym for hard work, effort, even deservingness.
From Slate • Apr. 17, 2019
Petersen’s research shows that when liberals and conservatives are presented with stories of cases that include crystal clear signs of these elements of deservingness, they show no difference in their willingness to help.
From The Guardian • May 31, 2018
Economic insecurity is intertwined with their sense of deservingness, which is a very cultural notion.
From Slate • Aug. 1, 2017
It was the way he spoke, the way he looked, his general patheticness, his very helplessness, and deservingness.
From Humorous Ghost Stories by Scarborough, Dorothy
