adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a worthy/deserving cause (= a good cause )
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The Red Cross is a very worthy cause.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
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To many of them the active life seems more deserving because of the amount of good works and preaching it performs.
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Yet what is more deserving of anyone's attention than getting the sales orders upon which the survival of the enterprise depends?
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It fitted into a briefcase, and being battery powered was more deserving of the term portable.
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I can think of fewer couples more deserving of homage.
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No Boro player is more deserving of a summer rest.
most
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Genius is often most deserving of praise when it is most sure to be condemned.
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But sometimes it's difficult to sort out which causes are the most deserving of support.
■ NOUN
case
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The college has had the heart-rending task of choosing between applications from equally deserving cases .
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They say: It could be spent on more deserving cases .
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Moreover, as I explained to you, I have a waiting list of really deserving cases .
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In deserving cases the courts would sometimes find implied permission.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
worthy/deserving of note
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Three Latin American novels are especially worthy of note .
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A number of measures of lesser importance but worthy of note were passed during Pinay Cuevas' ministership.
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But the miners' sense of anger at the prolonged destruction of their industry is also worthy of note .
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Finally, one general feature of the framework of this subsection is worthy of note , in order to facilitate comparisons between models.
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If this loyalty is stretched over a period of 28 years, it is certainly worthy of note !
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Other strategies are worthy of note .
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Our request for bagels worthy of note drew more than 500 responses.
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Secondly, the ancestors of Doctor Who are worthy of note , especially considering the nature of the show.
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This service is superb and worthy of note in your magazine.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The government has wrongly denied benefits to many deserving children.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A distinction would be made between the deserving and the undeserving poor.
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A problem deserving consideration is how strong the rebel forces actually were.
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But it says with it has a limited budget and Touchdown will have to compete with other deserving projects.
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The college has had the heart-rending task of choosing between applications from equally deserving cases.
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Three ads, two deserving causes and a guy offering to sell me information.
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You see, the parish owns some property which is rented very cheaply to deserving people.