deserved
adjective
justly or rightly earned; merited.
half-deserved
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a word derived from
deserved.
Example Sentences
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In his view writing was apparently little more than an agreeable indulgence which had brought him some half-deserved praise, and a pleasant social recognition in desirable quarters.
From Washington Irving by Henry Walcott Boynton
