not deserving
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“That’s the one thing I don’t think I have,” she says of the feeling of not deserving success.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2024
"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
On the contrary, I am very grateful to you for the sympathy you show me, and which I am not deserving, I fear.
From Problematic Characters A Novel by Friedrich Spielhagen
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