What are some opposite words for deserving?
Antonyms for deserving
dɪˈzɜr vɪŋde·serv·ing
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term deserving.
Wiktionary
deservingnoun
Antonyms:
undeservingdeservingadjective
worthy of reward or praise; meritorious
the deserving poor
Antonyms:
undeservingdeservingadjective
Antonyms:
undeserving
Princeton's WordNet
deserving, worth(p)adjective
worthy of being treated in a particular way
"an idea worth considering"; "the deserving poor" (often used ironically)
Antonyms:
unworthy
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
deservingadjective
Antonyms:
undeserving, unworthySynonyms:
meritprious, worthy, meedful
How to use deserving in a sentence?
We all know there's a somewhat dark place in our history when men and women returned from Vietnam. They returned to an ungrateful nation. And I think John Canley will say this award is so important because the Marines I served with are so deserving of this recognition, this will go down in the history books and hopefully correct a piece of that.
I shall make it the most agreeable part of my duty to study merit, and reward the brave and deserving
He was deserving of a veterans memorial and I dont want to discount that. But this was also an individual, who, for whatever reason, convinced people he had no one.
It’s been amazing to watch and obviously be a part of. This city is very deserving of that. We have very loyal fan bases and it’s a great sports town, at the end of the day we’re all sports fans. I grew up playing all those sports as a kid. You kind of dream that you could be a professional athlete in a different sport too.
Everybody who’s in our situation really is deserving of and needs some of this relief, it would help break this sort of vicious cycle we’re in and allow us to make the investments we need to get back up on our feet.
Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #23861 | deserving | |
| #38945 | unworthy | |
| #108976 | undeserving |
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