Synonym: earn, merit. Similar words: reserve, preserve, reserved, serve, observe, serve as, observer, observed. Meaning: [dɪ'zɜːv] 
v. be worthy or deserving.
v. be worthy or deserving. 
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(61) The people who did this deserve to be publicly shamed.
(62) Clare did not deserve the vilification she had been subjected to.
(63) A business as poorly managed as that one doesn't deserve to succeed.
(64) You should treat those remarks with the contempt that they deserve.
(65) He dishonored the uniform and did not deserve to be a marine.
(66) I treat remarks like that with the contempt that they deserve.
(67) The public's admiration is misdirected, as he has done nothing to deserve it.
(68) What had he done to deserve such a terrible fate?
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(69) We can wave goodbye to the sort of protection that people at work need and deserve.
(70) To do her justice, we must admit that she did deserve to win.
(71) He didn't really deserve she should be so kind to him.
(72) Life measures out its rewards in ways unrelated to how people deserve them.
(73) They deserve to be punished for putting passengers at risk.
(74) They deserve punishment which matches the gravity of their crime.
(75) People who are sent to prison for drunk-driving get what they deserve .
(76) I would deserve to be pitied if I couldn't occupy myself.
(77) These people deserve to make more than the minimum wage.
(78) You deserve a medal for putting up with Ian's constant demands.
(79) Nigel sometimes felt he didn't deserve such imitative admiration.
(80) Two sorts of applications deserve attention.
(81) Those individuals fleeing persecution, however, deserve special consideration.
(82) Ironically, the Thatcherites deserve part of the credit.
(83) It's somehow all our fault and we deserve punishment.
(84) Who really deserve the bomb on them?
(85) Perhaps Bobs will finally get the respect they deserve.
(86) That's why these corruption scandals deserve our attention.
(87) Carrick deserve better support than they're getting at present.
(88) They deserve a holiday like everybody else.
(89) Two of these behaviors deserve special mention.
(90) And now, during this exam I deserve to fail.
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