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undeserving

/ˌʌndɪˈzɝvɪŋ/

undeserving adjective: considered unworthy of reward.

Adjective

undeserving (comparative more undeserving, superlative most undeserving)

  1. Considered unworthy of reward.
    • the undeserving poor
    • I'm one of the undeserving poor: thats what I am. […] If theres anything going, and I put in for a bit of it, it's always the same story: "You're undeserving; so you cant have it." But my needs is as great as the most deserving widow's that ever got money out of six different charities in one week...1912 (date written), [George] Bernard Shaw, “Pygmalion”, in Androcles and the Lion, Overruled, Pygmalion, London: Constable and Company, published 1916, →OCLC, Act II, page 138
    Antonyms:
    deserving

undeserving meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Kannada

undeserving in Hindi

considered unworthy of reward
अयोग्य ayogya

undeserving in Tamil

தகுதியற்ற

undeserving in Urdu

بےلیاقت, غیرمستحق, نالائق, ناقابل

undeserving in Kannada

ಅನರ್ಹವಾದ, ಅಪಾತ್ರವಾದ

Antonyms of undeserving

Forms of undeserving

comparativemore undeserving
superlativemost undeserving

Origin of undeserving

From un- + deserving.

Words formed from undeserving

Words that rhyme with undeserving

Questions about undeserving

What does undeserving mean?
Undeserving means considered unworthy of reward.
What is undeserving in Hindi?
Undeserving in Hindi is अयोग्य (ayogya). See Undeserving meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is undeserving?
Undeserving is an adjective.
How do you pronounce undeserving?
Undeserving is pronounced /ˌʌndɪˈzɝvɪŋ/.

Words near undeserving in the dictionary

  1. undeservedly
  2. undeservedness
  3. undeserver
  4. undeservers
  5. undeserves
  6. undeserving
  7. undeserving poor
  8. undeservingly
  9. undeservingness
  10. undesign
  11. undesignable

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Adapted from Wiktionary: undeserving (page history and authors); undeserving (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); undeserving (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); undeserving (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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