as in unfair
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Recent Examples of undeserved
That praise isn’t undeserved, by any means, especially since Adrien Brody gives a flawless performance as a brilliant Hungarian architect — an artist of genius — struggling to put his stamp on the American landscape in the years after World War II.
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Tom Gliatto, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
At the end of the 1972-73 season an ailing Law suffered the undeserved indignity of learning from a television report that he had been allowed to leave Old Trafford on a free transfer.
—Sam Pilger, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
To be clear, Ms. Lively and her team initiated this smear campaign in the media for the sole intention of gaining undeserved public sympathy for her own missteps.
—Elizabeth Rosner, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025
The truth is that neither side generated much of anything five-on-five in the contest, and Vancouver’s 4-1 lead was somewhat undeserved given the run of play.
—Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 28 Dec. 2024
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Tom Gliatto, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
At the end of the 1972-73 season an ailing Law suffered the undeserved indignity of learning from a television report that he had been allowed to leave Old Trafford on a free transfer.
—Sam Pilger, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
To be clear, Ms. Lively and her team initiated this smear campaign in the media for the sole intention of gaining undeserved public sympathy for her own missteps.
—Elizabeth Rosner, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025
The truth is that neither side generated much of anything five-on-five in the contest, and Vancouver’s 4-1 lead was somewhat undeserved given the run of play.
—Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 28 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undeserved
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But critics argue that no taxes on tips is a costly, unfair tax break that will benefit few lower-income Americans.—
Bailey Schulz,
USA Today,
18 May 2025
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Sometimes, there are unfair expectations put on children of professional athletes.—
Annie Heilbrunn,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 May 2025
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Her character is introduced briskly questioning one officer accused of undue violence while performing crowd control at the populist yellow-vest protests that erupted throughout France in late 2018.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
15 May 2025
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At the time, his House Un-American Activities Committee was causing undue terror around the nation, but thanks to Murrow’s newscasts on CBS, the junior senator from Wisconsin was ultimately investigated and censured by 1954.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
15 May 2025
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Civil liberties groups have attacked the move since the deportations came with little to no due process, arguing that the United States is not at war and, therefore, unjustified in its use of the 18th-century wartime law.—
Russell Contreras,
Axios,
7 Apr. 2025
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To move forward with his immigration and economic policies, Trump has declared national emergencies that Goitein, an expert on presidential emergency powers, said are unjustified.—
Alexandra Hutzler,
ABC News,
29 Apr. 2025
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Independent jurors can blunt the force of immoral laws and arbitrary prosecutions by refusing to subject their neighbors to unjust laws or overtly cruel punishment.—
Mike Fox,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2025
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About 80 percent of all respondents—including half of those who are U.S. citizens—called Trump's decision to end TPS unjust.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 May 2025
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Now, half a century ago, Congress realized that Social Security benefit windfalls for public sector employees were costly, unnecessary and unmerited.—
Andrew Biggs,
Forbes,
19 Dec. 2024
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Some have claimed that the cuts are unmerited, given that culture funding accounts for just over 2 percent of Berlin city budget.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
6 Dec. 2024
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Earlier this week, Gates took to Instagram to give his unwarranted opinion on the couple’s relationship.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Congratulations to Harvard University for fighting back against the Trump administration’s unseemly efforts to use federal dollars to try to exert unwarranted control over higher education.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
15 Apr. 2025
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“Undeserved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undeserved. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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