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单词 undeserved
释义
undeserved
adjective
uk
/ˌʌn.dɪˈzɜːvd/us
/ˌʌn.dɪˈzɝːvd/
that someone has notearnedor should not have; that someone does notdeserve:
（奖、罚等）不该受的，不应得的
Librarians have an undeservedreputationfortimidity.图书馆员胆怯的说法完全是无稽之谈。
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  • Theseveteranstook a lot of undeservedcriticismfordaringtospeakthetruth.
  • They say he usedcompanycreditcardsforpersonalpurchases,paidundeservedbonuses, and gavefreeridestofriends,familymembers, andpoliticiansoncorporatejets.
  • They have made me out to be arealvillainand have given me areputationthat iscompletelyundeserved.
  • Here's what you should do if you get aticketforfailingtopaythebridgetolleventhough youpaidatoll, orotherwisebelievetheticketwas undeserved.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Deserving and deserved
  • birthright
  • come
  • comeuppance
  • deserts
  • deserve
  • deserved
  • deserving
  • getyourjust desertsidiom
  • had it coming (toyou)idiom
  • hard-earned
  • he/shedeserves whatever/everythinghe/shegetsidiom
  • just
  • serve
  • servesomeonerightidiom
  • undeservedly
  • undeserving
  • undeservingly
  • unmerited
  • well earned
  • worthy
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(Definition ofundeservedfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofundeserved

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Surely this is a case ofundeservedtreatment-of requitative injustice-if any is?
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Instances ofundeservedpain and suffering provide us with our most poignant examples.
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On my view, egalitarians are not committed to thinking deserved inequalities are as bad asundeservedones.
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For instance, some nonconsequentialists (who focus on factors other than well-being) assign well-being a low moral value that is in some senseundeserved.
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In such cases inherited advantages and disadvantages would beundeserved.
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This article argues that these criticisms wereundeserved.
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They just look as if they have been copied too many times and give the book anundeservedout-of-date appearance.
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And, he asks us to conclude, how like this second picture, ofundeservedand damaging doles, is to our state welfare system today.
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What loss do they suffer, in terms of their genuine interests, when the defendant is rightly acquitted or sparedundeservedpunishment?
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Now one might say that the eclipse, like accidents of birth, is a merelyundeservedoutcome.
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Despite itsundeservedpopular reputation as an aphrodisiac, opium was probably ineffectual in that regard.
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While this image is frequentlyundeserved, it can impact not only on funding opportunities, but our ability to involve practitioners in our investigations.
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Excessive media attention, and a reputation for poor safety, howeverundeserved, follows accidents.
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Given that students are particularly vulnerable in such disputes, the institution has an obligation to protect them fromundeservedharm.
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This analysis does little to prevent us from describing every morally wrongful (rightful) act asundeserved(deserved).
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