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deserved

[dih-zurvd]

adjective

  1. justly or rightly earned; merited.

    a deserved increase in salary.



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Other 51Թ Forms

  • deservedness noun
  • half-deserved adjective
  • half-deservedness noun
  • undeserved adjective
  • well-deserved adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of deserved1

First recorded in 1545–55; deserve + -ed 2
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ACC Jones said everyone deserved to feel safe on the streets.

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Padilla, the Trumpian version of the story now goes, got what he deserved: He busted into a press conference uninvited, they say, pushed his way toward the stage and failed to identify himself.

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We are about to have approximately 3,000 hours of debate on whether Padilla deserved what he got because he was not invited to the press conference.

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Russell said a ban for Verstappen would be deserved if it came to that.

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“I was just in love with a woman and I got punched in the nose, which I deserved.”

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