† misdeˈserving,vbl.n.Obs. [mis-1 3.] Misdesert. 1540Palsgr.Acolastus I ij b, Throughe thy mysdeseruing.1611Speed Hist.Gt.Brit. vii. xxx. 317 Not stained with any aspersion of mis-deseruing.a1649Drummond of Hawthornden Hist.Jas. II, Wks. (1711) 30 His past demerits and misdeservings.