"undeserving" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌʌndɪˈzɝvɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-undeserving.wav Forms: more undeserving [comparative], most undeserving [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)vɪŋ Etymology: From un- + deserving. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|deserving}} un- + deserving Head templates: {{en-adj}} undeserving (comparative more undeserving, superlative most undeserving)
  1. Considered unworthy of reward. Derived forms: undeserving poor Translations (considered unworthy of reward): незаслужаващ (nezaslužavašt) (Bulgarian), недостоен (nedostoen) (Bulgarian), onverdienstelijk (Dutch), unwürdig (German), immerens (Latin), indignus (Latin), desmerecedor (Portuguese), indigno (Portuguese), inmerecido (Spanish)
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