undeserving

Example Sentences

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This is how I turn chatbot-generated personal statements into shining portraits of undeserving applicants, for a price.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

"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

“Egads, boy! I’ve never seen such a privileged yet undeserving child. Your mother’s love for you knows no bounds! Silken trousers as well, can you believe it?”

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis