Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

indesert

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-desert
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Ill desert; failure to deserve something.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[W]hich stop the Way to the true Knowledge and Service of Mankind, overlook the little Distinctions of Fortune, raise obscure Merit, and discountenance successful Indesert […]"
"1831, George Hall (vicar of Tenbury), The dictate book; being lessons on life, men, and manners All those who made their entrance into the world with the same advantages, and were once looked on as his equals, are apt to think the fame of his merits a reflection on their own indeserts, and will therefore take care to reproach him […]"
"To relieve them without any remarkable indesert on their part."

Etymology

From in- + desert.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: in

Usage

Inflected Forms

indeserts (plural)

Questions

What does indesert mean?: Ill desert; failure to deserve something.
Where does indesert come from?: From in- + desert.

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