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deserveless

deserveless adjective: undeserving.

Adjective

deserveless (comparative more deserveless, superlative most deserveless)

  1. Undeserving.
    • O that I could die Beneath the Emperor's banner, / Though deserveless of a name!2013, Elie Kedourie, Nationalism in Asia and Africa, page 324

Forms of deserveless

comparativemore deserveless
superlativemost deserveless

Origin of deserveless

From deserve + -less.

Questions about deserveless

What does deserveless mean?
Deserveless means undeserving.
What part of speech is deserveless?
Deserveless is an adjective.

Words near deserveless in the dictionary

  1. deservant
  2. deserve
  3. deserved
  4. deservedly
  5. deservedness
  6. deserveless
  7. deserver
  8. deservers
  9. deserves
  10. deservest
  11. deserveth

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