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de·serv·ing

 (dĭ-zûr′vĭng)
adj.
Worthy, as of reward, praise, or aid.
n.
Merit; worthiness.

de·serv′ing·ly adv.
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deserving

(dɪˈzɜːvɪŋ)
adj
(often: postpositive and foll by of) worthy, esp of praise or reward
n
rare a merit or demerit; desert
deˈservingly adv
deˈservingness n
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de•serv•ing

(dɪˈzɜr vɪŋ)

adj.
worthy of reward, aid, etc.
[1570–80]
de•serv′ing•ly, adv.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.deserving - worthy of being treated in a particular way; "an idea worth considering"; "the deserving poor" (often used ironically)
irony - a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
worthy - having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable; "a worthy fellow"; "a worthy cause"
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deserving

adjective worthy, righteous, commendable, laudable, praiseworthy, meritorious, estimable The money saved could be used for more deserving causes.
worthy unworthy, undeserving
deserving of meriting, justifying, worthy of, qualified for, warranting, suitable for artists deserving of public subsidy
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deserving

adjective
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Translations
جَديرمُسْتَحِق
hodnýzáslužný
fortjenetrængendeværdig
méltó
òess virîi aî vera hjálpaîsem verîskuldar e-î
lâyıkyardıma lâyık

deserving

[dɪˈzɜːvɪŋ] ADJ [cause] → meritorio
to be deserving ofmerecer, ser digno de
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deserving

[dɪˈzɜːrvɪŋ] adj
[person] → méritant(e)
[action, cause] → méritoiredesiccated coconut [ˈdɛsɪkeɪtɪd] nnoix f de coco séchée
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

deserving

adj person, action, causeverdienstvoll; winnerverdient; the deserving poordie Bedürftigen; to be deserving of somethingetw verdient haben
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deserving

[dɪˈzɜːvɪŋ] adj (person, case, cause) → che merita aiuto; (praiseworthy) → meritevole
deserving of → degno/a di
an idea deserving of consideration → un'idea degna di considerazione
a crime deserving of severe punishment → un delitto che merita una severa punizione
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deserve

(diˈzəːv) verb
to have earned as a right by one's actions; to be worthy of. He deserves recognition of his achievements.
deˈserving adjective
(negative undeserving).
1. worthy or suitable (to be given charity etc). I only give money to deserving causes.
2. (with of) worthy of. He is deserving of better treatment than this.
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References in classic literature ?
Deserving no pity from anybody, Frank was, as a matter of course, coddle d and compassionated on the spot.
I dwell, even at the risk of tedium, on John's minutest errors, his case being so perplexing to the moralist; but we have done with them now, the roll is closed, the reader has the worst of our poor hero, and I leave him to judge for himself whether he or John has been the less deserving. Henceforth we have to follow the spectacle of a man who was a mere whip-top for calamity; on whose unmerited misadventures not even the humourist can look without pity, and not even the philosopher without alarm.
He had undergone some strange experiences in his absence; he had seen the virtual Faustina in the literal Cornelia, a spiritual Lucretia in a corporeal Phryne; he had thought of the woman taken and set in the midst as one deserving to be stoned, and of the wife of Uriah being made a queen; and he had asked himself why he had not judged Tess constructively rather than biographically, by the will rather than by the deed?
Such may likewise be suspected of deserving this character, who, without assigning any particular faults, condemn the whole in general defamatory terms; such as vile, dull, d--d stuff, &c., and particularly by the use of the monosyllable low; a word which becomes the mouth of no critic who is not RIGHT HONOURABLE.
It will be my wish to be looked on by all my deserving tenants as their best friend, and nothing would make me so happy as to be able to respect every man on the estate, and to be respected by him in return.
ISLAMABAD -- The Ministry of Human Rights has distributed Rs10 million funds among 571 deserving persons including 352 females and 219 males under " Revolving and Relief funds" at region-wise from financial year 2016-17 to 2018-19.
He expressed that the purpose of setting up Dewar-e-Mehrabani is to provide deserving students a learning needs who are unable to continue their studies because of lack of sources.
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal (PBM) Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with three universities of Malakand Division for the grant of 50 scholarships to deserving graduate and master level students of each varsity.
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The Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in collaboration with the Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) has distributed food packages of 30kg each among 5,000 deserving people countrywide under the Ramadan Package.
THE Kwara Chairman, Association of Nigeria Authors (ANA), Mr Abdulrahman Adebayo, has called for more recognition and merit awards for deserving authors in the country.
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