undeserved

/ ˌʌndɪˈzɜːvd /

adjective

1. not earned or merited; unwarranted

   an undeserved reputation

Example Sentences

They are sitting ducks for undeserved shame.

From Salon

The funds also include $15 million for Los Angeles County, the city of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority to construct more than 1,250 accessible EV charging stations with a focus on benefiting undeserved communities; $15.1 million for the Fort Independence Indian Community to install an EV charging hub along the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times

Raymond Chandler and Joan Didion familiarized everyone east of the Mississippi River with the Santa Ana winds, so much that their undeserved mystique has lent itself to at least one cringe-worthy rom-com scene, one fun TV musical number and endless literary doomsaying.

From Los Angeles Times

He too would someday join the court with an undeserved reputation as a centrist and institutionalist masking his actual life’s work.

From Slate

Now never-before-seen letters and memos show that behind the scenes at the court, Justice Lewis Powell, an influential jurist with an undeserved reputation for decency and moderation, used wildly racist code words on the court’s letterhead as he strenuously—and successfully—drove a decision in City of Mobile v.

From Slate

Related Words

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• untimely
• unwarranted