Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of no merit; one who is not deserving or worthy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete One of no merit; one who is nor deserving or worthy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete One of no
merit ; one who is notworthy .
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Examples
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You see, my good wenches, how men of merit are sought after: the undeserver may sleep, when the man of action is called on.
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You see, my good wenches, how men of merit are sought after: the undeserver may sleep when the man of action is called on.
Act II. Scene IV. The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth 1914
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If the person requesting be somewhat a stranger, but much inferior to the person of whom the entreats the kindness, then she must begin with an insinuation, excusing her boldness in daring to request a favour of a person whom she never obliged by any former service; yet adding withal, that knowing her goodness, and the delight her Ladiship takes in bestowing courtesies on the undeserver, she fears not a denial.
The Gentlewoman's Companion: or,%0AA Guide to the Female Sex 1675
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You see, my good wenches, how men of merit are sought after: the undeserver may sleep, when the man of action is called on.
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