undeserving
adj/ˌʌndɪˈzɝvɪŋ/
Etymology From un- + deserving.
1
Considered unworthy of reward.
- the undeserving poor
- I'm one of the undeserving poor: thats what I am. […] If theres anything going, and I put in for a bit of it, it's always the same story: "You're undeserving; so you cant have it." But my needs is as great as the most deserving widow's that ever got money out of six different charities in one week for the death of the same husband. I dont need less than a deserving man: I need more.1912 (date written), [George] Bernard Shaw, “Pygmalion”, in Androcles and the Lion, Overruled, Pygmalion, London: Constable and Company, published 1916, →OCLC, Act II, page 138:
- Derived terms
- undeservingly, undeservingness, undeserving poor