not deserving
Example Sentences
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Mimms said many working and older Black students feel they’re not deserving of an education, but she has combated that throughout her career by helping students feel confident and uplifted in their education.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 27, 2023
“Such a thing should never again happen to a sitting president, or anybody else who is not deserving of retribution!”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2023
Women who experience mental disorders are more likely than men to show “self-stigma”—internalizing the idea that they are flawed and not deserving of evidence-based treatment.
From Scientific American • Jun. 17, 2022
If we are not deserving of unique suffering, perhaps we can find a more general grace.
From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2022
Unblamable, un-blā′ma-bl, adj. not deserving of blame: faultless.—adv.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
