Home › Words › I › indesertindesertindesert means ill desert; failure to deserve something.EtymologyFrom in- + desert.nounIll desert; failure to deserve something.e.g.“[W]hich stop the Way to the true Knowledge and Service of Mankind, overlook the little Distinctions of Fortune, raise obscure Merit, and discountenance successful Indesert […]” — 1709 September 27 (Gregorian calendar), Isaac Bickerstaff [et al., pseudonyms; Joseph Addison], “Friday, September 17, 1709”, in The Tatler, number 69; republished in [Richard Steele], editor, The TatDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.desertlessly 75% match — Undeservedly. vs indesert →desertless 74% match — Undeserving. vs indesert →undeserve 71% match — To fail to deserve, to be unworthy of vs indesert →desertful 71% match — deserving; meritorious vs indesert →misdesert 71% match — The state or fact of deserving bad things. vs indesert →deserveless 70% match — Undeserving. vs indesert →undeserting 69% match — That does not desert or abandon. vs indesert →undeserted 67% match — Not deserted. vs indesert →