Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Worthy, as of reward, praise, or aid.
- noun Merit; worthiness.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of meriting; desert; merit or demerit.
- Worthy of reward or praise; meritorious; possessed of good qualities that entitle to approbation: as, a deserving officer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Desert; merit.
- adjective Meritorious; worthy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
worthy ofreward orpraise ;meritorious - adjective
meriting ,worthy (reward, punishment etc.) - noun
desert ,merit ordemerit - verb Present participle of
deserve .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective worthy of being treated in a particular way
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Examples
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The McCain campaign plan says the plan is designed to help what it calls deserving homeowners.
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The McCain campaign plan says the plan is designed to help what it calls deserving homeowners.
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Innocentive is one such effort by innovative leaders who decided to take on the challenge of job creation by investing in deserving entrepreneurs.
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Innocentive is one such effort by innovative leaders who decided to take on the challenge of job creation by investing in deserving entrepreneurs.
Mike Green: Innovation Crisis in Black America Pt. 4: 20th vs 21st century ideology Mike Green 2010
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Scrotes whov had a bit of deserving from the law, or decent victims?
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Innocentive is one such effort by innovative leaders who decided to take on the challenge of job creation by investing in deserving entrepreneurs.
Mike Green: Innovation Crisis in Black America Pt. 4: 20th vs 21st century ideology Mike Green 2010
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So we just have to believe Tim and his `forensic analysis` - surely a phrase deserving of Pseuds` Corner.
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One thing that Connelly did that was a good call is lay a verbal lashing onto Owngoalstein - deserving of one.
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The youth raised his head to him and replied, “O ignorant of what to the deserving is due, thou lookest on me with disdain and speakest to me with contempt; thy speaking is that of a tyrant true and thy doing what an ass would do.”
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I could pay certain deserving students during the summer, buy computer stuff, help the group with little things, visit conferences, invite colleagues etc.
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