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Recent Examples of undeserved
It’s not always taken seriously enough, despite the fact that employees cite office gossip as their number one pet peeve more than pointless meetings, coworkers taking undeserved credit and micromanagement.
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Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Also, the feeling of blind, random, even undeserved confidence.
—James Factora, Them., 28 Apr. 2025
And companies that use corruption to get undeserved business typically perform poorly, providing deficient products, infrastructure, and services that harm consumers.
—Richard Nephew, Foreign Affairs, 24 Feb. 2025
That praise isn’t undeserved, by any means, especially since Adrien Brody gives a flawless performance as a brilliant Hungarian architect — an artist of genius — struggling to put his stamp on the American landscape in the years after World War II.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
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Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Also, the feeling of blind, random, even undeserved confidence.
—James Factora, Them., 28 Apr. 2025
And companies that use corruption to get undeserved business typically perform poorly, providing deficient products, infrastructure, and services that harm consumers.
—Richard Nephew, Foreign Affairs, 24 Feb. 2025
That praise isn’t undeserved, by any means, especially since Adrien Brody gives a flawless performance as a brilliant Hungarian architect — an artist of genius — struggling to put his stamp on the American landscape in the years after World War II.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undeserved
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In December, Lopez blocked that joint bid, saying the auction process was unfair, lacked transparency and the joint bid was questionable.—
Karoline Leonard,
Austin American Statesman,
5 July 2025
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To this day, Conner’s mother believes the settlement was unfair and saw it as a way to silence critics of the police.—
Kristine Phillips,
IndyStar,
4 July 2025
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But there is, of course, also a gray area where these individuals, in the hectic pace of a session, can wield undue influence that doesn’t always show up in disclosure forms.—
Baltimore Sun Editorial Board,
Baltimore Sun,
2 July 2025
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Additionally, a potential work requirement would place significant and undue burden, particularly on mothers who have children over the age of six.—
Natasha Williams,
New York Daily News,
2 July 2025
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According to court documents and several former Elkhart officers, their aggressive tactics here targeted citizens, especially Black residents, with harassment, unjustified force and bogus arrests.—
Kristine Phillips,
IndyStar,
4 July 2025
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Whitehead said tensions are high because of misinformation being shared online calling the police shooting unjustified.—
Randy Tucker,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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The argument has been made that the application of the death penalty represents the legitimate self-defense of society from an unjust aggressor — that is, the murderer.—
Thomas Wenski,
Sun Sentinel,
13 July 2025
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On the back of their most successful Premier League season, this outcome threatens to overshadow their outstanding achievement and the joy that came with it in the most unjust manner.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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Aimee Zavala, a twenty-nine-year-old who left the area around this time, believed that the police response was unmerited.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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Now, half a century ago, Congress realized that Social Security benefit windfalls for public sector employees were costly, unnecessary and unmerited.—
Andrew Biggs,
Forbes,
19 Dec. 2024
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In the replies to the post, many people agreed that the bride's response was unexpected and unwarranted.—
Michael Nied,
People.com,
8 July 2025
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Your attempts to undermine her legacy are unwarranted and unacceptable.—
Rachel Wegner,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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“Undeserved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undeserved. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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