undeservedly
adverb
undeservedly is spelled U-N-D-E-S-E-R-V-E-D-L-Y: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 106,501st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, undeservedly means “In an undeserved manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in undeservedly?
| Letters | 12: U-N-D-E-S-E-R-V-E-D-L-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 106,501st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is undeservedly?
Undeservedly appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 106,501st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce undeservedly?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-undeservedly.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of undeservedly
- more undeservedly comparative
- most undeservedly superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does undeservedly mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In an undeserved manner.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does undeservedly come from?
From undeserved + -ly or un- + deservedly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).