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Antonyms for deserved

Grammar : Adj
Spell : dih-zurvd
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈzɜrvd

Definition of deserved

Origin :
  • early 13c., from Old French deservir (Modern French desservir) "deserve, be worthy of, earn, merit," from Latin deservire "serve well," from de- "completely" (see de-) + servire "to serve" (see serve). From "be entitled to because of good service" (a sense found in Late Latin), meaning generalized c.1300 to "be worthy of." Related: Deserved; deserving.
  • adj merited
Example sentences :
  • You have never been put to a test till now, that deserved to be called a test.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Well had he deserved his native name of Bwana Nyele--the master with the mane.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • In their hearts they knew that I deserved all these epithets.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • The remainder of his life was a series of deserved afflictions.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
  • He had only given me back the hand I had not deserved he should touch.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • I had not deserved my prize that day, but it seemed to me that I ought to have received it nevertheless.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • You might think I bad-met with unkindness; but it was not so; it was the other way more than I deserved.
  • Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
  • It argues that if France was stricken with defeat, it was because she deserved punishment.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • History is the final tribunal which will decree to everyone what he has deserved.
  • Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
  • But I submit—I have deserved it all—I have robbed her of a heart above all price.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

Synonyms for deserved

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