Sentence examples for were not deserved from inspiring English sources

market was starting to collapse, S.& P. worked with banks to let them issue C.D.O.'s with ratings that the agency knew were not deserved.

Not that these giants were not deserving of advocacy.

The Capitals Troy Brouwerr said of his team's penalties: "Some were deserved, some weren't deserved.

I'm not saying some of those indignities weren't deserved.

In my view, the demotion was not deserved.

Second, you've given publicity where it was not deserved.

But the outcome, the net result, was one that few can legitimately argue was not deserved.

But some question whether such analysis gave comfort where it was not deserved.