undeserving

Example Sentences

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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

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

“We have a tendency to think of victims as either deserving or undeserving of care and compassion,” she told me.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2025

You notice a bad bully in line who is helping these undeserving line-cutters.

From Salon • Sep. 30, 2024

She can’t go forward, because forward is more miles of self-imposed punishment—flat back-country roads plus the heat of summer, red T-shirts, and the inconceivable and undeserving support of strangers.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti