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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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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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Welcoming the news, shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick said: "We will finally see the hard reality that mass migration is fuelling crime across our country. Frankly, the public deserved to know this long ago."

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They deserved to get something from their defeat at Bournemouth on Monday, and I am going with them to get a repeat of their win at Stamford Bridge in December.

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Murphy's ball in for Fabian Schar at the end of the first half got the finish it deserved when the Newcastle defender glanced a header into the far corner to make it 4-0.

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