undeservedly
1
7.0
- adverb
- /ˌʌndɪˈzɜrvɪdli/
:
injustamente
- She received an undeservedly low grade despite her hard work in the class.
Examples
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If news of her presence alone with him in the house spread, her reputation would suffer undeservedly.
Fiction book (1994) -
Oliveira is frequently, and undeservedly, accused of being a one-trick pony, rehashing his brand of affected theatricality over and over.
Blog text (20) -
Well, if you get it, even undeservedly, you might say, oh, I don't deserve that.
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She would like to note that life is sometimes pretty undeservedly awesome.
Blog text (20) -
Regardless of how you feel about his basketball coaching, I think it is safe to say that he was undeservedly disrespected by parents and the District.
Blog text (5) -
The person who suffers undeservedly is the person who finds himself playing the role of true self, the universally rejected.
Academic text (1990) -
Being recognized, albeit undeservedly, as a "Doctor," stressed the knowledge associated with the manipulation of medicine and the respect I drew for belonging to a higher social class.
Academic text (1996) -
Don't take credit undeservedly, ignore another's viewpoint, or appear condescending.
Academic text (2003) -
Another had a quasi-vision in which she heard God calling her name and was immediately overwhelmed by the feeling that she was a sinner on whom love was being undeservedly bestowed.
Academic text (2005) -
My account starts with the Essex-born English gentleman Mark Catesby, sometimes referred to as the "founder of American ornithology," one of the great and undeservedly forgotten figures in the history of American science.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
85
1.8
In a way that treats people or things differently and not right
25
5.2
In an unfair way
24
4.6
In a way that is unfair or against the law
11
4.1
In a way that is unfair or much too extreme
2
7.0
In a way that has no good reason
1
7.7
In a way that does not deserve respect or trust
1
8.2
Without a good reason or any right to do it
1
8.0
In a way that is not fair or right
1
8.0
In a way that treats people unfairly
In a way someone gets praise or reward they do not earn
In a way that has no good reason
In a way that is wrong or unfair
Antonyms
How Deserved
Surface Forms
Morphology
undeservedly = undeserved (transparent) = un + deserve + ed + ly
Formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'undeserved', so the adverbial meaning follows directly from the base adjective.
Etymology
Undeservedly breaks into un- meaning 'not', deserve meaning 'to earn' (from an old idea of 'serving' someone, like the common word serve) and -ly which makes it an adverb. So something done undeservedly is done 'not earned', meaning without a good reason or right.