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deserving

adjective as in worthy, meritorious

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But that devotion to exposing corruption comes at a price frequently paid by the communities least deserving of the blowback.

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I didn’t feel like I was even deserving of some anniversary.

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Glasner's animated touchline energy transmits itself to a team with class in all areas, and one fully deserving of its current lofty position in the table.

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They support government assistance primarily for white people like themselves, whom they deem deserving and to be “real Americans.”

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Ever humble, Noren was asked if he was taking his clubs to Bethpage in case any European needed to pull out through injury and simply said others were more deserving of the chance to play.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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