indesert
indesert noun: ill desert; failure to deserve something.
Noun
indesert (countable and uncountable, plural indeserts)
- Ill desert; failure to deserve something.
- [W]hich stop the Way to the true Knowledge and Service of Mankind, overlook the little Distinctions of Fortune, raise obscure Merit, and discountenance successful Indesert […]1709 September 27 (Gregorian calendar), Isaac Bickerstaff [et al., pseudonyms; Joseph Addison], “Friday, September 17, 1709”, in The Tatler, number 69; republished in [Richard Steele], editor, The...
- All those who made their entrance into the world with the same advantages, and were once looked on as his equals, are apt to think the fame of his merits a reflection on their own indeserts, and will therefore take care to reproach him […]1831, George Hall (vicar of Tenbury), The dictate book; being lessons on life, men, and manners
Forms of indesert
| plural | indeserts |
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Origin of indesert
From in- + desert.
Questions about indesert
- What does indesert mean?
- Indesert means ill desert; failure to deserve something.
- What part of speech is indesert?
- Indesert is a noun.
- What is the plural of indesert?
- The plural of indesert is indeserts.
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