Undeserved
adjective
Not earned or warranted.
The player's undeserved reputation as a troublemaker caused many teams to overlook his talent.
Often appears as...
- undeserved reputation
- undeserved praise
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Disapproving
adjective
Not earned or warranted.
The player's undeserved reputation as a troublemaker caused many teams to overlook his talent.
Often appears as...
- undeserved reputation
- undeserved praise
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Undeserved often implies injustice or unfairness when used to describe situations.
He received an undeserved punishment for something he didn't do.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Impact
Using 'undeserved' can evoke sympathy or support for the person it's applied to.
The community rallied around her after the undeserved criticism she faced.
Pro Tip 3/3Misuse Awareness
Be aware that 'undeserved' can be misused to subtly discredit someone's achievement or worth.
Despite his success, some called it an undeserved win.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Undeserved often implies injustice or unfairness when used to describe situations.
He received an undeserved punishment for something he didn't do.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Impact
Using 'undeserved' can evoke sympathy or support for the person it's applied to.
The community rallied around her after the undeserved criticism she faced.
Pro Tip 3/3Misuse Awareness
Be aware that 'undeserved' can be misused to subtly discredit someone's achievement or worth.
Despite his success, some called it an undeserved win.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Undeserved often implies injustice or unfairness when used to describe situations.
He received an undeserved punishment for something he didn't do.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Impact
Using 'undeserved' can evoke sympathy or support for the person it's applied to.
The community rallied around her after the undeserved criticism she faced.
Pro Tip 3/3Misuse Awareness
Be aware that 'undeserved' can be misused to subtly discredit someone's achievement or worth.
Despite his success, some called it an undeserved win.
Compare with
gratuitousinappropriateinequitableinjusticejustifiablemeritunearnedwarrantwrongful
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Am I not human? A call...
That's the people work I care about, because people work. Family, I'm asking you to do the hard work, the difficult work, the churning work of bestowing undeserved kindness upon those who we can relegate as garbage,
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Am I not human? A call...
That's the people work I care about, because people work. Family, I'm asking you to do the hard work, the difficult work, the churning work of bestowing undeserved kindness upon those who we can relegate as garbage,
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Joyce Meyer
American Author
God's grace is amazing! We're saved by grace - God's undeserved favor - and we live by grace, which is also God's power in our lives to do what we could never do in our own strength. And it's all because God is love, and He loves us unconditionally, constantly and completely.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
Undeserved praise causes more pangs of conscience later than undeserved blame, but probably only for this reason, that our power of judgment are more completely exposed by being over praised than by being unjustly underestimated.
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Isabel Gillies
American Actress
You see, I am friends with a lobsterman. Because we are friends, which feels lucky anyway, I get access to the most amazing fish. It's like having a backstage pass - a culinary jackpot that feels almost undeserved.
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Mo Ibrahim
Sudanese Businessman
Business people get many undeserved prizes - golden parachutes and bonuses even when companies fail. I don't think people should get rewarded for screwing up.
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Samantha Ponder
American Journalist
I'm abundantly aware of the undeserved goodness of God I've experienced early in life. Especially when it comes to the health of my children and loved ones.
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William Hazlitt
English Critic
Envy among other ingredients has a mixture of the love of justice in it. We are more angry at undeserved than at deserved good-fortune.
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Peter Agre
American Scientist
Often times the public school teachers are ridiculed or they are made to feel inferior but this is really undeserved.
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Graham Chapman
British Comedian
I can't talk to a man who bears an undeserved animosity towards ferrets.
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Cameron Russell
American Model
I work hard, but my modeling career gives my views undeserved attention.
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Alexander Pope
English Poet
Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise.
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Joyce Meyer
American Author
God's grace is amazing! We're saved by grace - God's undeserved favor - and we live by grace, which is also God's power in our lives to do what we could never do in our own strength. And it's all because God is love, and He loves us unconditionally, constantly and completely.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
Undeserved praise causes more pangs of conscience later than undeserved blame, but probably only for this reason, that our power of judgment are more completely exposed by being over praised than by being unjustly underestimated.
Quote examples
Isabel Gillies
American Actress
You see, I am friends with a lobsterman. Because we are friends, which feels lucky anyway, I get access to the most amazing fish. It's like having a backstage pass - a culinary jackpot that feels almost undeserved.
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Mo Ibrahim
Sudanese Businessman
Business people get many undeserved prizes - golden parachutes and bonuses even when companies fail. I don't think people should get rewarded for screwing up.
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Samantha Ponder
American Journalist
I'm abundantly aware of the undeserved goodness of God I've experienced early in life. Especially when it comes to the health of my children and loved ones.
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William Hazlitt
English Critic
Envy among other ingredients has a mixture of the love of justice in it. We are more angry at undeserved than at deserved good-fortune.
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Peter Agre
American Scientist
Often times the public school teachers are ridiculed or they are made to feel inferior but this is really undeserved.
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Graham Chapman
British Comedian
I can't talk to a man who bears an undeserved animosity towards ferrets.
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Cameron Russell
American Model
I work hard, but my modeling career gives my views undeserved attention.
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Alexander Pope
English Poet
Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise.
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