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deserved

[ dih-zurvd ]

adjective

  1. justly or rightly earned; merited:

    a deserved increase in salary.



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Other Word Forms

  • ···Ա [dih-, zur, -vid-nis], noun
  • 󲹱-· adjective
  • 󲹱-·Ļ·Ա noun
  • ܲd· adjective
  • ɱ-· adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of deserved1

First recorded in 1545–55; deserve + -ed 2
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Example Sentences

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Kuemper deserved a far better fate after turning away 43 shots.

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I finally got clean and sober 25 years ago, with help from a lot of people, when I had my big moment of clarity — that I deserved more than what I was doing to myself.

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Kuemper deserved a better fate on a night he stopped 44 shots.

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Joe wasn’t Dexter Morgan, trying to sate his violent impulses by targeting people who deserved to die.

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Had you given much thought to what your protagonist deserved?

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