Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Without meriting; undeservedly.

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  • adverb In an undeserving way.

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Examples

  • Too bad — that would have been a nice set and a great way to see these undeservingly forgotten characters.

    Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1960s Volume 2 and 1970s Volume 2 » DVDs Worth Watching 2009

  • Though liberal candidates have undeservingly profited from this narrative, many Latinos are finding that as their pocketbooks shrink, it is liberal career politicians that not only have been part of the problem, but who have actually hurt the community with regard to some of its greatest needs.

    Mario H. Lopez: Latinos and the California Senate Race Mario H. Lopez 2010

  • Though liberal candidates have undeservingly profited from this narrative, many Latinos are finding that as their pocketbooks shrink, it is liberal career politicians that not only have been part of the problem, but who have actually hurt the community with regard to some of its greatest needs.

    Mario H. Lopez: Latinos and the California Senate Race Mario H. Lopez 2010

  • Though liberal candidates have undeservingly profited from this narrative, many Latinos are finding that as their pocketbooks shrink, it is liberal career politicians that not only have been part of the problem, but who have actually hurt the community with regard to some of its greatest needs.

    Mario H. Lopez: Latinos and the California Senate Race Mario H. Lopez 2010

  • When he is gone, whether it is on the 20th of January or 8 years from now, he will be a laughing stock because his position, and the credibility it undeservingly bestows, will be gone.

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  • Let us begin to love one another as God so undeservingly loves each of us, and let us pray that we can be the "city" that sits upon a hill, shining forth freedom, peace, and unity for the entire world to see.

    ‘As Lincoln Looks Down’ 2009

  • Nor will We permit anything against the sanctity of the oath by which We were bound when, however undeservingly, We ascended the supreme seat of the prince of the apostles, the citadel and bulwark of the Catholic faith.

    Archive 2009-06-01 2009

  • Ragsdale to give this review, a rather restrained and undeservingly verbose one in my honest opinion, on the WorldCat website poignantly labeled A Linguistic Fantasy: This book is a prime example of why mass comparison is so alluring, yet has the potential to be devastatingly incorrect.

    Archive 2009-05-01 2009

  • Admittedly, it is terrifying to think that if Rihanna, an international superstar, could fall victim to such violence undeservingly, then it could just as easily happen to any one of us.

    Smita Satiani: Rihanna's Privacy Over Public Exposure 2009

  • I have no reason to undeservingly defend Michael Jackson and indeed those who read my book will discover that I have bookended our more than two hundred pages of transcribed conversations with a moral overview of Michael's life and how his tragic existence and untimely demise can only be redeemed by serving as a morality tale for the rest of America.

    Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Michael Jackson Despised Hitler and Was Never an Anti-Semite 2009

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