Meanings
adjectivewell-earned (comparative more well-earned, superlative most well-earned)
comparative more well-earned · superlative most well-earned
- deserved
"The Pacers have kept millions of northerners on the move. But while they have served us well and provided some communities with rail services they may have otherwise lost, it is time to give them a well-earned rest," said Northern Regional Director Chris Jackson.
2020 December 16, Richard Clinnick, “Network News: A new era as Northern bids a final farewell to Pacers”, in Rail, page 10
Translations
Bulgarian напълно заслужен
- напълно заслужен (napălno zaslužen)deserved
Finnish ansaittu
- ansaittudeserved
French mérité, bien mérité
- méritédeserved
- bien méritédeserved
Spanish bien devengado
- bien devengadodeserved
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Chicago
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