Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Merited or earned.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective properly earned; warranted; merited. Opposite of
undeserved .
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
deserve .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective properly deserved
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Examples
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Such preeminently was the title deserved by Mrs. Van Alstine, the "Patriot mother of the Mohawk Valley."
Woman on the American Frontier William Worthington Fowler
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"Whichever squad won the title deserved to, Juve like any other," Del Piero said, according to the ANSA news agency.
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"Whichever squad won the title deserved to, Juve like any other," Del Piero said, according to the ANSA news agency.
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"Whichever squad won the title deserved to, Juve like any other," Del Piero said, according to the ANSA news agency.
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In my view, if you want to use the word deserved, they deserved something from the game themselves.
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Warren Buffett of Berkshire-Hathaway operates on the premise of what they call "deserved trust," enabling them to do deals faster and at less cost, and to operate with high efficiency-with what two Stanford professors called "the lowest ratio of corporate overhead to investor capital among all major corporations" in the world.
Forbes.com: News Dan Schawbel 2012
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McCain deserved to lose because he held his tongue on Obama's associations with Rev. Wright, ACORN, Bill Ayres,
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So far, the only person who has spoken out in a manner that makes it sound like "he got what he deserved" is the certifiable Randall Terry.
Collateral Damage 2009
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Mufasa gets the kingdom, gets the beautiful wife, has a pretty cool son — but how deserved is all that good fortune?
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Giving lots of failing grades, even if they are well-deserved, is a bitter pill for most teachers to swallow.
Ilana Garon: End of the Term Pile-Up Ilana Garon 2010
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