not deserving
Example Sentences
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“Frankly, they’re not deserving of prosecution,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2025
"It relayed back to me 'I'm not deserving of this chance' and I think there's so many situations and scenarios that actually still exist, a lot of those things haven't changed."
From BBC • Oct. 12, 2024
These comparisons may be an important cause of imposter syndrome—the suspicion that one is not deserving of one’s achievements.
From Scientific American • May 15, 2023
“I’ve had to flat out lie to staff members who were rated low and were not deserving of it.”
From Seattle Times • Feb. 6, 2023
Unlov′able, not deserving to be loved, unlikely to be loved; Unloved′, not loved.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various