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US
/dɪˈzɝvd/
]
[ UK /dɪzˈɜːvd/ ]
[ UK /dɪzˈɜːvd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
properly deserved
a merited success
How To Use deserved In A Sentence
- He says the insurance bond provides deserved protection for employees who put a lot into the company.
- In the Best Supporting Actor category, Chris Cooper deservedly picked up the gold statuette for his barnstorming performance in Adaptation.
- Once well-deserved celebrations waned, the daunting task of finding a space loomed large.
- It has deservedly won the best picture Golden Globe and will no doubt inspire a new generation to read Virginia Woolf.
- The cult following these films now carry is spectacular and deserved.
- Paula, ever the softy, decided that Elizabeth deserved a chance.
- Deservedly proud of his fine record with Ireland and first years at SunderlandClogger or tiki-taka? Wolverhampton Wanderers Premier League 2011-12 team guide
- Given his appalling record, he deserved serious punishment. The Sun
- We deserved to win the Senior Cup last season and lost it and now things have evened up.
- At last she managed to have a well-deserved rest.