deserving, adj.
freq. cnt. 2
freq. cnt. 2
(often used ironically) worthy of being treated in a particular way
<adj.all> (p) freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 2
deserving worth
sample sentences
"an idea worth considering""the deserving poor"
"a deserving cause"
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lexical pointers
derivationally related form