The undeserving poor. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Yasin has also written about being overlooked twice and what he calls undeserving people being rewarded instead. From Wordnik.com. [NDTV News - Top Stories] Reference
Would we consider some -- whom we may have written off in the past as "undeserving" -- worthy of our collective empathy?. From Wordnik.com. [Phillip Martin: Are You Worthy? It's Time to Question Meritocracy] Reference
I don't know why that would make them "undeserving". From Wordnik.com. [Bizarre ad: greenwash, or just a guy in a bear suit? | The Greenwash Brigade | Marketplace from American Public Media] Reference
It's taking money from "hard-working" Americans and giving it to unspecified "undeserving" people. From Wordnik.com. [McCain Campaign Falsely Claims Obama Described Court's Failure to Redistribute Wealth As "Tragedy"] Reference
They are scared stiff that some "undeserving" poor person might benefit from their hard-earned money. From Wordnik.com. [Obama: Canadian health care model won't work in U.S.] Reference
The Santelli, Rush Limbaugh, and hate-talk radio screed is directed at a whole category of people whom they regard as "undeserving". From Wordnik.com. [Phillip Martin: Are You Worthy? It's Time to Question Meritocracy] Reference
The response of the Welsh people was so ferociously against the decision...and so I became the people's choice, some kind of undeserving hero. From Wordnik.com. [Labour crisis could affect Rhodri's plans] Reference
Who is he to decide they were "undeserving" of it?. From Wordnik.com. [Dakota Voice] Reference
But should this team truly be considered "undeserving" of a favorite?. From Wordnik.com. [The Wages of Wins Journal] Reference
EW gave Beyoncé's new album a very generous review, but kind of undeserving, IMHO. From Wordnik.com. [Hot Artists at Elbo.ws] Reference
People bashed President Obama, saying that he was "undeserving" and should "refuse the prize.". From Wordnik.com. [marconews.com Stories] Reference
In one Daily Mirror column, he likened the coalition's spending cuts to Victorian methods of dealing with the "undeserving" poor. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News - Home] Reference
The neoliberal recipes increase inequality, fuel antagonism and direct popular anger against immigrants and the "undeserving" poor. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Long story short he wanted the Swick/Hardy fight to be for the title shot but only if Swick won, since he lost Hardy is "undeserving". From Wordnik.com. [Bloody Elbow] Reference
However, his latest stance is slightly different from his previous statement where he had said that he felt "undeserving" of the honour. From Wordnik.com. [Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Views'] Reference
"undeserving," then more power to them for winning anyway. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Sports - Top News] Reference
But the undeserving rich drive us completely nuts. From Wordnik.com. [Dumb Luck On Wall Street] Reference
I know the deserving and the undeserving, and they know me!. From Wordnik.com. [The Carved Cupboard] Reference
And not that the other two finalists were at all undeserving. From Wordnik.com. [Tonya Plank: Dancing With the Stars Finale: Audiences Value Good Solid Dance Skill Over Fame and Big Personality] Reference
Brilliant, then, for kids, but why waste them on an undeserving audience?. From Wordnik.com. [Buy of the day] Reference
I have given help readily to the deserving, fearlessly to the undeserving. From Wordnik.com. [Meditations] Reference
As in most sweepstakes, the first prize fell to a most undeserving winner. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry] Reference
And shapes came and formed and the man (just a man) remained undeserving. From Wordnik.com. [Things I no longer know (DIARY ALLSTARZ)] Reference
Tell me about how many other seemingly undeserving people make so much more. From Wordnik.com. [Sorry, Pal, You're Rich] Reference
Defying stereotypes of the "undeserving poor," a White House report explains. From Wordnik.com. [Michelle Chen: Job Creation Under Welfare-based Emergency Fund Threatened] Reference
To cope better, states and localities should: Stop subsidizing the undeserving. From Wordnik.com. [Slow-Motion Solutions] Reference
Nor was Fielding the man to pay it to one whom he thought was undeserving of it. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852] Reference
As unwarranted as the attacks had been, we felt undeserving of the gestures of support. From Wordnik.com. [James Zogby: Nine Years Later] Reference
The other woman, undeserving of consideration as she was, narrowly escaped a horrible punishment. From Wordnik.com. [The Crooked House] Reference
It is premised on the disturbing notion that LGBT people are undeserving of equal rights in this country. From Wordnik.com. [Jon Davidson: The Anti-Gay Litmus Test?] Reference
The banks counter that the recent crisis was spawned partly by them handing out loans to undeserving borrowers. From Wordnik.com. [HSBC's Earnings Double in First Half] Reference
In this one aspect of a woman's medical care she feels undeserving of compassion, information, time and patience. From Wordnik.com. [I Won't Let Fear Stop Me] Reference
India's claim of successful democracy is nothing but a façade if such undeserving people come into the limelight. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: Prince, Not Leader] Reference
I answered that I had ever been sincere, even to those who were undeserving, and that I would rather die than betray my friend. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
One minister recently told the Times the rationale behind it off-the-record: "The undeserving poor," he said, "are undeserving.". From Wordnik.com. [Johann Hari: The Demands of the Deficit Hawks Won't Cure - They'll Kill] Reference
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