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deserving

adjective as in worthy, meritorious

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They support government assistance primarily for white people like themselves, whom they deem deserving and to be “real Americans.”

From Salon

Ever humble, Noren was asked if he was taking his clubs to Bethpage in case any European needed to pull out through injury and simply said others were more deserving of the chance to play.

From BBC

“I pray that we will remember that every person, no matter how vehement our disagreement with them, is a human being and a fellow American deserving of respect and protection,” Thune said.

The Heritage American movement maintains that those Americans whose ancestors have been here for generations are more deserving of this nation’s riches than those of us whose families came over within living memory.

"It is a crime that is so cruel and so horrific, that in our submission the offender is not deserving of this court's mercy," Ms Warren said.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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