undeserving

Example Sentences

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"You believe that other people are overestimating your abilities and intelligence, and you fear that one day you'll be exposed as incompetent and undeserving of your success."

From Science Daily • Jan. 5, 2026

Conceding Brigitte’s argument that he’s an undeserving candidate to buy Cassell, Roberto admits, “It’s true: Everything I know about France I learned from ‘Ratatouille’!”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

Although there was survivor’s guilt, Knapp said, “there was no sense from my other neighbors that anyone was undeserving of having their house standing.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2025

You notice a bad bully in line who is helping these undeserving line-cutters.

From Salon • Sep. 30, 2024

She felt undeserving, unable to sink with Obinze and his mother into their atmosphere.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie