Whether deserved or not, he got it.
Whether deserved or not, the rough-tough image is tailor-made for today.
But what makes Thailand especially attractive, Mr. Burdett said, "is the international reputation, whether deserved or not, of a compliant and bribable police force".
Whether deserved or not, the card took away Henry's ever-present scoring threat, and Kansas City's sprinkling of shots became a deluge.
The pleasure comes from the embarrassment or diminishment of another -- whether deserved or not -- and if not, so much the better.
There has always been the reputation, whether deserved or not, that folks in the Caribbean do not like to waste too much energy – especially the Jamaicans.
In journalism circles, the derisive label "the Paulettes" emerged and stuck stubbornly, whether deserved or not, to her protégés, many of whom were young men.
In one corner are traditionalists who cite the industry's habit of treating its atavistic executives with high respect, whether deserved or not.
Just as both sides of a debate are often given equal importance in your publication (whether deserved or not), this seems to favor a marginal and uninformed group and gives it much more ink than is justified.
Countries with weak or negative images – whether deserved or not – trade at a discount: everything they try to do on the international stage is more difficult and more expensive.
(What author can avoid this task?) But in the case of this complex, vivid collection, such judgments seem to arise, whether deserved or undeserved, out of the movements of the story -- as they do in life itself.
