How to Use undeserved in a Sentence

undeserved

adjective
  • Press-on nails get a bad rap that is, quite frankly, wholly undeserved.
    — Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The then-18-year-olds’ rise was rapid, but not undeserved.
    — Ian Irving, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2026
  • And some people will hate me and think my success is undeserved.
    — Outside Online, 10 July 2024
  • Life is hard enough without the threat of public pile-on, undeserved!
    — Jonathan Vanian, Fortune, 30 Apr. 2021
  • Severns, who had two young children, heard the undeserved guilt in her voice.
    — Chicago Tribune, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Thank you, Joe, my old, dear friend, for those mostly undeserved kind words.
    — Amber Phillips, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2017
  • Garloff says the shaming is undeserved since his tardiness is not his fault.
    — Marlisse Cepeda, Woman's Day, 2 Mar. 2015
  • Thank you again for blessings so undeserved and too numerous to count.
    — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 12 Oct. 2022
  • The show seeks to reframe how people think about secrets and gets to the root of the guest’s undeserved shame.
    — Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
  • Francona took them hard and endured a lot of undeserved abuse from a frustrated fan base.
    — Bob Brookover, Philly.com, 15 Sep. 2017
  • The next step is to identify an undeserved niche and then to fill that void to the best of your ability.
    — Steve Strauss, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2021
  • View this post on Instagram 3 years of undeserved hate and abuse.
    — Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, 21 Aug. 2019
  • But research shows cats’ reputation as a cold and aloof pet is undeserved.
    — Emily Blackwell, CNN, 18 Oct. 2022
  • But the truth is that wasps have a somewhat undeserved bad reputation.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
  • But the truth is that wasps have a somewhat undeserved bad reputation.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
  • But the truth is that wasps have a somewhat undeserved bad reputation.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 23 May 2026
  • But there was also a prurient little thrill to winning, no matter how undeserved.
    — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 14 May 2024
  • The undeserved losses became more and more commonplace as a playoff spot slipped away.
    — Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 8 May 2021
  • These days, though, the biggest story about welfare cheats isn’t about the poor making off with a few dollars in undeserved aid.
    — Time, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Grits may get a bad rap for being bland and mushy, but that reputation is really undeserved.
    — Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 2025
  • The feel-good togetherness of the journo’s family at the end feels undeserved.
    — Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2019
  • But Pichetrungsi is wrong in his contention that his Restaurant of the Year award is undeserved.
    — Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2022
  • Norman said all members of the community, not just those who are undeserved, can make use of the program.
    — Bill Glauber, Journal Sentinel, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Eyewitness accounts were as if a portal into an undeserved hell.
    — Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2025
  • But few suffered the trauma, fear, undeserved feelings of shame and smoldering anger of these young women.
    — Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, 26 Jan. 2018
  • For 48 years, one month and 18 days, Glynn Simmons was trapped in an undeserved hell.
    — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2023
  • Nutting could do the fan base a favor and sell the team for a huge profit, his undeserved reward for ruining a proud franchise.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 8 Apr. 2021
  • The once simple pleasure of an idle Sunday is undeserved because it has been paid for by the fallen and is no longer mine alone to spend.
    — Timothy Kudo, Star Tribune, 15 Apr. 2021
  • So much of this Stars season has felt undeserved to the organization.
    — Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 24 Apr. 2021
  • But if basals continue to get undeserved greens for knowledge-building and usability, the progress that has been made could be lost.
    — Natalie Wexler, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024

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