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Recent Examples of undeserved
Saxon later fabricated a story about an injury and unpaid wages for an undeserved payday, the lawyer claimed.
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Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2026
Happiness, when achieved, is necessarily tentative when felt undeserved.
—Literary Hub, 11 Feb. 2026
This does nothing but put a further undeserved stain on the dedicated good work of most law enforcement professionals in our country and around the world.
—Laurence Miller, Sun Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2026
Grits may get a bad rap for being bland and mushy, but that reputation is really undeserved.
—Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 2025
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Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2026
Happiness, when achieved, is necessarily tentative when felt undeserved.
—Literary Hub, 11 Feb. 2026
This does nothing but put a further undeserved stain on the dedicated good work of most law enforcement professionals in our country and around the world.
—Laurence Miller, Sun Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2026
Grits may get a bad rap for being bland and mushy, but that reputation is really undeserved.
—Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undeserved
Adjective
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However, within just a few years the FLW and Bassmaster professional tours fully banned the use of the A-rig in tournaments, claiming an unfair advantage and various issues with state regulations.—
Derek Horner,
Outdoor Life,
16 Apr. 2026
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The report also found certain undergraduate admissions practices appeared unfair to the public, specifically the preferential treatment of certain applicants, including legacies, varsity athletes, and children of faculty, staff, and donors.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The merger aimed to distance the party from Sasikala’s influence amid mutual concerns that her faction exerted undue control over the party and prevent a split in the AIADMK government.—
Andrew Pereira,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
14 Apr. 2026
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In North Carolina, a contract can be voided if it was reached through undue influence — if there is such a power imbalance that someone who agreed to a contract did not act freely.—
Ryan Oehrli
April 10,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Each character has totally justified and totally unjustified reasons for resenting one another, and the sensation of absorbing those contrasting opinions is like being in a stuck bumper car, barraged and battered from all sides.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2026
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Within the parameters of a game—where non-player characters essentially function as different disguises for, and manifestations of, a single narrative engine—such paranoia might not be unjustified.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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Facing a brutal system throughout her incarceration – compounded by her transgender identity and HIV-positive diagnosis – Dee taught herself the law from within the prison library, working to fight an unjust system for herself and others.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
21 Apr. 2026
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To see that relationship misrepresented so publicly has been both painful and profoundly unjust.—
Rachel DeSantis,
PEOPLE,
20 Apr. 2026
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There’s barely a line of dialogue from any secondary character that doesn’t sound ripped from Twitter — not unmerited, just fatiguing.—
Alissa Wilkinson,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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Amin had a penchant for strutting around in public wearing a military jacket full of flashy but unmerited awards.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
24 Jan. 2026
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There seemed to be an unwarranted frenzy in the speed at which everything was played, as if music were as much a sport as an artistic pursuit.—
Tim Parks,
New Yorker,
11 Apr. 2026
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Grove City College argued that the federal government’s request amounted to unwarranted government intervention, because the college did not directly receive federal funding.—
Ryan Creps,
The Conversation,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Undeserved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undeserved. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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