Etymology

misdesert

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Today it means: The state or fact of deserving bad things. Full definition →

First used 16th–19th c.
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The story

From mis- + desert.

First known use, by meaning

  • 16th–19th c. The state or fact of deserving bad things.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.