deserving

About 2.19 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Worthy of reward or praise; meritorious.

   the deserving poor

2. adjective Meriting, worthy (reward, punishment etc.)
3. noun desert, merit
4. verb present participle and gerund of deserve

Similar words

worthy worth meriting meritorious merited merit commendable praiseworthy laudable decent

Often followed by

of the to and poor a it students than

Word family

deservingly deservingness deservingnesses deservings