deserving
- qualified for or having a claim to reward, assistance, etc., because of one's actions, qualities, or situation: the deserving poor; a deserving applicant.
- meriting; worthy: a criminal deserving of a lifetime sentence.
Origin of deserving
Related Words for undeserving
ineligible, inappropriate, unsuitable, unfit, shameful, undeserving, base, beneath, blamable, contemptible, degrading, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, good-for-nothing, ignoble, improper, inexcusable, nothing, offensiveExamples from the Web for undeserving
Contemporary Examples of undeserving
Are there undeserving, even fraudulent people receiving welfare/food/housing assistance?
Romney implied that these folks are lazy and undeserving, always looking for a handout.
Mitt Romney’s 47 Percent Not Who GOP Wants You to Think They AreJames Braxton Peterson
September 27, 2012
The underlying message: Daniels was undeserving to be a mother because of her adult career.
Historical Examples of undeserving
To my mind, it is undeserving of even respectful consideration.
'Tis Sixty Years SinceCharles Francis Adams
Then he remembered the shelter which he had himself established for the undeserving poor.
The ChristianHall Caine
That's what I am—an undeserving, ungrateful, irresponsible, and asinine pup!
AthalieRobert W. Chambers
A landsman or boy in a coaster, undeserving the pay of a full-man.
The Sailor's Word-BookWilliam Henry Smyth
I have given help readily to the deserving, fearlessly to the undeserving.
MeditationsMarcus Aurelius
deserving
- (often postpositive and foll by of) worthy, esp of praise or reward
- rare a merit or demerit; desert