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"You believe that other people are overestimating your abilities and intelligence, and you fear that one day you'll be exposed as incompetent and undeserving of your success."

From Science Daily ● Jan. 5, 2026

I’ll let you make your own list of who Musk and other followers of this mean little philosophy consider undeserving.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2025

Conceding Brigitte’s argument that he’s an undeserving candidate to buy Cassell, Roberto admits, “It’s true: Everything I know about France I learned from ‘Ratatouille’!”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025

Another problem with purely categorical pardons is that they create the risk of granting relief to some who meet the stated parameters but are for other reasons undeserving.

From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2025

It winnows through the stones as we watch, bubbling into the undeserving earth.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen




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