undeserver

English

Etymology

Noun

undeserver (plural undeservers)

(obsolete) One of no merit; one who is not worthy.
- c. 1599,, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, act 4, scene 3:
  Let me tell you, Cassius, you yourself
  
  Are much condemn'd to have an itching palm;
  
  To sell and mart your offices for gold
  
  To undeservers.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for undeserver in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

underserve, underverse, unreserved, unreversed

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