undeserving

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   not worthy of a reward, benefit, punishment, or particular treatment

   The committee rejected the claim that struggling families were undeserving of support.

Common collocations

• undeserving poor Adjective + noun

Formed from un- ('not') + deserving, the present participial adjective of deserve. Deserve came through Old French deservir from Latin deservire, 'to serve diligently,' and shifted from earning by service to meriting a reward or consequence.

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