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    Definition of deserved in English Dictionary

  • VerbBFdeserveSGdeservesPRdeservingPREdés-
    1. simple past tense and past participle of deserve.
    2. More Examples
      1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
        • Last year, the Bears were outplayed and outcoached and deserved to lose.
        • The closemindedness of people on the streets when they think about somebody being in prison. I guess I used to be the same way: they deserve it, blah, blah, blah.
        • Robin van Persie scored his 99th and 100th goals for Arsenal as the Gunners returned to winning ways with a deserved victory over 10-man Bolton.
      2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
        • But in an age of starchitecture, Erickson's refusal to adopt a signature look kept him from achieving the kind of recognition he deserved.
    • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
      1. Verbs
        • Verb forms
          • Participles
            • Past participles
            • Verb simple past forms
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        Source: Wiktionary

        Meaning of deserved for the defined word.

        Grammatically, this word "deserved" is a verb, more specifically, a verb form.
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