Home › Words › U › undeserveundeserveundeserve means to fail to deserve, to be unworthy of.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, undeserve ranks #456 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom un- + deserve.verbTo fail to deserve, to be unworthy ofe.g.“With fair equality, fraternal state, Will arrogate dominion undeserved Over his brethren, and quite dispossess Concord and law of nature from the earth” — 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.deserveless 80% match — Undeserving. vs undeserve →undeservingly 77% match — In an undeserving way. vs undeserve →undeserved 76% match — Not deserved, earned or merited; unjustifiable or unfair. vs undeserve →undeservedly 72% match — In an undeserved manner. vs undeserve →indesert 71% match — Ill desert; failure to deserve something. vs undeserve →unearn 70% match — No longer to deserve (privileges, respect, etc.) that one had previously earned. vs undeserve →unmeriting 70% match — Not meriting; undeserving. vs undeserve →unworthily 69% match — In an unworthy manner. vs undeserve →