undeservedly

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adverb

In an undeserved manner.

Opposite
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Meanings

adverbundeservedly (comparative more undeservedly, superlative most undeservedly)

comparative more undeservedly · superlative most undeservedly

  1. In an undeserved manner.
    1 more example

    In his opening pages he defines snark negatively — as a practice that certain famed comics are often charged with, but undeservedly and inaccurately because they actually trade in “irony” and also, one can’t help but gather from Denby’s remarks, because they’re politically virtuous in their japery, even when their words seem cruel and harsh.

    2009 February 22, Walter Kirn, “Insult as Injury”, in The New York Times

    Synonyms: undeservingly

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbIn an undeserved manner.

More synonyms by meaning

adverbin an unmerited manner

Opposite

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

undeservedly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undeservedly

MLA

“undeservedly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undeservedly. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undeservedly,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undeservedly.

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