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1 undeserving
tr[ʌndɪ'zɜːvɪŋ]1 (not meritorious) de poco mérito, que no merece atención\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLundeserving of indigno,-a deundeserving [.ʌndi'zərvɪŋ] adj: indignoadj.• indigno, -a adj.'ʌndɪ'zɜːrvɪŋ, ˌʌndɪ'zɜːvɪŋto be undeserving OF something — (frml) ser* indigno de algo, no merecer* algo
['ʌndɪ'zɜːvɪŋ]ADJ [person] de poco mérito; [cause] poco meritorioto be undeserving of sth — no ser digno de algo, no merecer algo
* * *['ʌndɪ'zɜːrvɪŋ, ˌʌndɪ'zɜːvɪŋ]to be undeserving OF something — (frml) ser* indigno de algo, no merecer* algo
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2 undeserving
undeserving [‚ʌndɪ'zɜ:vɪŋ]∎ he is quite undeserving of such praise il est parfaitement indigne de ou il ne mérite pas du tout de telles louangesUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > undeserving
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3 undeserving
adjectiveunwürdig (of Gen.)* * *un·de·serv·ing[ˌʌndɪˈzɜ:vɪŋ, AM -ˈzɜ:rv-]adj unwert, unwürdigto be \undeserving of pity kein Mitleid verdienen* * *["ʌndI'zɜːvɪŋ]adjperson, cause unwürdigthe undeserving poor — die Armen, die es nicht besser verdienen
to be undeserving of sth (form) — einer Sache (gen) unwürdig sein (form)
* * *of gen):* * *adjectiveunwürdig (of Gen.)* * *adj.unverdienter adj.unwürdig adj. -
4 desmerecedor
adj.unworthy.* * *desmerecedor, -a1.ADJ undeserving2.SM / F undeserving person* * *undeserving, unworthy* * *desmerecedor, -ora adjunworthy, undeserving* * *adj undeserving -
5 unworthy
1) (shameful or disgraceful: That was an unworthy act/thought.) indigno2) (not deserving: Such a remark is unworthy of notice; He's unworthy to have the same name as his father.) indigno3) (less good than should be expected from (eg a person): Such bad behaviour is unworthy of him.) indigno•- unworthiness
tr[ʌn'wɜːðɪ]1 indigno,-a, despreciable\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLunworthty behaviour conducta despreciableunworthy [.ʌn'wərði] adj1) undeserving: indignoto be unworthy of: no ser digno de2) unmerited: inmerecidoadj.• desmerecedor adj.• indigno, -a adj.'ʌn'wɜːrði, ʌn'wɜːðiadjective -thier, -thiest indignoto be unworthy OF somebody/something — no ser* digno de alguien/algo
a subject unworthy of our attention — un tema que no merece nuestra atención or que no es digno de nuestra atención
to be unworthy to + INF — no ser* digno de + inf
[ʌn'wɜːðɪ]ADJ1) (=undeserving) [person] indigno, poco dignoto be unworthy to do sth — no ser digno de hacer algo, no merecer hacer algo
to be unworthy of sth/sb — no ser digno de algo/algn, no merecerse algo/a algn
he felt himself unworthy of her — sentía que no era digno de ella, sentía que no se la merecía
it is unworthy of attention/comment — no merece atención/comentario alguno
2) (=ignoble) [activity, thought] impropiohis accusations are unworthy of a gentleman — sus acusaciones no son dignas or son impropias de un caballero
* * *['ʌn'wɜːrði, ʌn'wɜːði]adjective -thier, -thiest indignoto be unworthy OF somebody/something — no ser* digno de alguien/algo
a subject unworthy of our attention — un tema que no merece nuestra atención or que no es digno de nuestra atención
to be unworthy to + INF — no ser* digno de + inf
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6 अपात्रम् _apātram
अपात्रम् 1 A worthless vessel or utensil.-2 (fig). An unworthy or undeserving person, unfit receptacle or recipient.-3 One unfit or disqualified to receive gifts; अदेशकाले यद्दानमपात्रेभ्यश्च दीयते Bg.17.22; Ks.24. 26.-Comp. -कृत्या, अपात्रीकरणम् doing degrading or unworthy acts; disqualification, any action which makes a man unworthy; four disqualifications for a Brāhmaṇa are mentioned in Ms.11.7. -निन्दितेभ्यो धना- दानं वाणिज्यं शूद्रसेवनम् । अपात्रीकरणं ज्ञेयमसत्यस्य च भाषणम् ॥; see also संकरापात्रकृत्यासु मासं शोधनमैन्दवम् 11.125.-दायिन् a. giving to unworthy persons.-भृत् a. supporting the unworthy or worthless; प्रायेणापात्रभृद्भवति राजा Pt.1. -
7 unwürdig
Adj. unworthy (+ Gen of); (würdelos) undignified; (schändlich) disgraceful; (entwürdigend) degrading; das ist seiner unwürdig that is beneath him* * *unworthy; undeserving* * *ụn|wür|digadjunworthy (+gen of); Verhalten undignified; (= schmachvoll) degrading, shameful* * *1) unworthily2) (not deserving: Such a remark is unworthy of notice; He's unworthy to have the same name as his father.) unworthy3) (less good than should be expected from (eg a person): Such bad behaviour is unworthy of him.) unworthy* * *un·wür·dig[ˈʊnvʏrdɪç]1. (nicht würdig) unworthy▪ [jds] \unwürdig sein to be unworthy [of sb], not to be worthy [of sb]2. (schändlich) disgraceful, shameful* * *1) undignified <person, behaviour>; degrading < treatment>2) (unangemessen) unworthy* * *unwürdig adj unworthy (+gen of); (würdelos) undignified; (schändlich) disgraceful; (entwürdigend) degrading;das ist seiner unwürdig that is beneath him* * *1) undignified <person, behaviour>; degrading < treatment>2) (unangemessen) unworthy* * *adj.undeserving adj.unworthy adj. adv.unworthily adv. -
8 indegno
unworthy* * *indegno agg.1 (non meritevole) unworthy, undeserving: essere indegno di qlco., to be unworthy of sthg. (o not to deserve sthg.) // (dir.) indegno della successione, a succedere, disqualified (o debarred) from succeeding (o from inheriting)2 (che non si addice) unworthy, worthless, contemptible, base: un'azione indegna di te, an action that is unworthy of you; una persona indegna, a contemptible person; si è comportato in modo indegno, he behaved contemptibly3 (vergognoso) shameful, outrageous, disgraceful: è indegno!, it is outrageous! (o unworthy!).* * *[in'deɲɲo]1) (condannabile) [comportamento, persona] shameful2) (non degno) unworthyè indegno di lei — it's below o beneath her
* * *indegno/in'deŋŋo/1 (condannabile) [comportamento, persona] shameful2 (non degno) unworthy; è indegno di lei it's below o beneath her; indegno di attenzione undeserving of attention. -
9 mérito
m.merit, credit.* * *1 (de alguien) merit2 (de algo) merit, worth\hacer mérito de algo to mention somethinghacer méritos para algo to strive to be deserving of something* * *noun m.* * *SM1) (=valor) merit, worthde mérito — of merit, worthy
tener mérito: eso tiene mucho mérito — that's very commendable
"serán méritos los idiomas" — [en anuncio] "languages an advantage"
2) (=mención)* * *masculino merit, worthquitarle or restarle méritos a alguien — to take the credit away from somebody
hacer méritos: va a tener que hacer méritos — ( para conseguir algo) he's going to have to earn it; ( para compensar algo) he's going to have to make amends
* * *= merit, credit, claim to fame.Ex. Much will be said later about the merits and drawbacks of the various types of index and approaches to indexing.Ex. The ideal was forever etched in his consciousness from the day Crane uttered it: a good librarian working anywhere is a credit and benefit to libraries everywhere.Ex. Not one, but five towns use albino squirrels as their claims to fame, and none is particularly happy about the others.----* atribuir el mérito a = credit.* atribuirse el mérito = take + the credit (for).* atribuirse el mérito de Algo = claim + credit for.* aumento salarial por méritos = merit salary increase.* digno de mérito = meritorious.* exageración de los méritos de Algo = overselling.* exagerar los méritos de Algo = oversell.* falta de mérito = unworthiness.* llevarse el mérito = take + the credit (for).* mérito + atribuirse a = credit + be due to, credit + go to, be to the credit of.* mérito + deberse a = credit + be due to, credit + go to, be to the credit of.* méritos profesionales = merit.* por méritos = meritorious.* quitar el mérito a Algo = belittle.* quitarle mérito = obscure + fact.* quitar mérito = detract from.* reconocer el mérito de Alguien = get + Posesivo + due(s).* subida salarial por méritos = merit increase.* tener mérito = be meritorious.* * *masculino merit, worthquitarle or restarle méritos a alguien — to take the credit away from somebody
hacer méritos: va a tener que hacer méritos — ( para conseguir algo) he's going to have to earn it; ( para compensar algo) he's going to have to make amends
* * *= merit, credit, claim to fame.Ex: Much will be said later about the merits and drawbacks of the various types of index and approaches to indexing.
Ex: The ideal was forever etched in his consciousness from the day Crane uttered it: a good librarian working anywhere is a credit and benefit to libraries everywhere.Ex: Not one, but five towns use albino squirrels as their claims to fame, and none is particularly happy about the others.* atribuir el mérito a = credit.* atribuirse el mérito = take + the credit (for).* atribuirse el mérito de Algo = claim + credit for.* aumento salarial por méritos = merit salary increase.* digno de mérito = meritorious.* exageración de los méritos de Algo = overselling.* exagerar los méritos de Algo = oversell.* falta de mérito = unworthiness.* llevarse el mérito = take + the credit (for).* mérito + atribuirse a = credit + be due to, credit + go to, be to the credit of.* mérito + deberse a = credit + be due to, credit + go to, be to the credit of.* méritos profesionales = merit.* por méritos = meritorious.* quitar el mérito a Algo = belittle.* quitarle mérito = obscure + fact.* quitar mérito = detract from.* reconocer el mérito de Alguien = get + Posesivo + due(s).* subida salarial por méritos = merit increase.* tener mérito = be meritorious.* * *merit, worthuna obra de mérito a commendable piece of workuna persona de mérito a worthy personuna novela de poco mérito a novel of little worth o meritno le veo ningún mérito a lo que ha hecho I don't think that what she's done is at all admirable, I can't see any merit in what she's donequitarle or restarle méritos a algn to take the credit away from sbse atribuyó el mérito de haberlo descubierto he took the credit for having discovered ittiene mucho mérito que lo hayas hecho sin ayuda it says a lot for you o it's very commendable that you did it without any helphacer méritos: va a tener que hacer méritos (para conseguir algo) he's going to have to earn it; (para compensar algo) he's going to have to make amendste voy a llevar al teatro pero vas a tener que hacer méritos I'll take you to the theater but you'll have to be on your best behavior o you'll have to behavetendrá que hacer méritos si quiere que lo perdone he'll have to make it up to me if he wants me to forgive himCompuesto:mpl mention in dispatches* * *
mérito sustantivo masculino
merit, worth;
una persona de mérito a worthy person;
tener mérito to be praiseworthy;
quitarle méritos a algn to take the credit away from sb;
atribuirse el mérito de algo to take the credit for sth
mérito sustantivo masculino
1 (merecimiento) merit
2 (valor por el esfuerzo realizado) tiene mérito que te disculpes, it's very commendable of you to apologize
un trabajo de mérito, a commendable work
' mérito' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
notable
- valor
- mero
English:
detract
- DSO
- merit
- saving
- undeserving
- unworthiness
- walkover
- credit
* * *mérito nmmerit;todo el mérito es suyo she deserves all the credit;tiene mucho mérito it's no mean achievement;tiene mucho mérito que cuide él solo de sus padres he deserves a lot of praise for looking after his parents on his own;de mérito: un dramaturgo de mérito an accomplished playwright;un edificio de mérito a fine building;no quiero quitar mérito a lo que ha hecho I don't want to take away from o detract from what she has done;hacer méritos: está haciendo méritos para que lo elijan he is doing everything he can to get elected;no ha hecho méritos para merecer un aprobado he hasn't done enough to deserve a pass;se está esforzando por hacer méritos ante su jefe she's trying to get into her boss's good booksmérito técnico [en patinaje sobre hielo] technical merit* * *m merit;hacer méritos work hard;de mérito worthy* * *mérito nm: merit* * *mérito n merit -
10 Т-161
КАК С ПИСАНОЙ ТОРБОЙ носиться с кем-чем;КАК ДУРАК (ДУРЕНЬ) С (ПИСАНОЙ) ТОРБОЙ all coll disapprov (как + PrepP or NP these forms only adv (intensiO) (to relate outwardly to s.o. or sth. undeserving of special attention) with an excessive display of caring, attention etc, exaggerating his or its significance to an extreme degreeX носится с Y-ом как с писаной торбой — X makes a great (big) fuss over (of) YX makes a big to-do over Y X treats person (animal) Y like someone (something) special X acts as if person (animal) Y is someone (something) special (in limited contexts) X is parading Y like a child with a new toy.В Краснодаре с ним (Владом) носились как с писаной торбой, наперебой таскали по кабинетам, громогласно рекомендуя: «Поэт-колхозник!» (Максимов 2). The people in Krasnodar made a great fuss of him (Vlad), vying with one another to show him off to a succession of officials, to whom they introduced him loudly and brashly: This is the peasant poet from a collective farm!" (2a).(author's usage) «...Крокодил с крыльями - самая простая штука, а возятся с ним, как с писаной торбой» (Стругацкие 3). "A crocodile with wings is a simple enough thing, but he is being treated like something special" (3a).Правительство Каледина никто не хочет поддерживать, отчасти даже потому, что он носится со своим паритетом как дурак с писаной торбой» (Шолохов 3). uNo one wants to support Kaledin, partly because he's parading his demand for parity like a child with a new toy" (3a). -
11 как дурак с писаной торбой
• КАК С ПИСАНОЙ ТОРБОЙ носиться с кем-чем; КАК ДУРАК (ДУРЕНЬ) С (ПИСАНОЙ) ТОРБОЙ all coll, disapprov[ как + PrepP or NP; these forms only; adv (intensif)]=====⇒ (to relate outwardly to s.o. or sth. undeserving of special attention) with an excessive display of caring, attention etc, exaggerating his or its significance to an extreme degree:- X treats person < animal> Y like someone (something) special;- [in limited contexts] X is parading Y like a child with a new toy.♦ В Краснодаре с ним [Владом] носились как с писаной торбой, наперебой таскали по кабинетам, громогласно рекомендуя: "Поэт-колхозник!" (Максимов 2). The people in Krasnodar made a great fuss of him [Vlad], vying with one another to show him off to a succession of officials, to whom they introduced him loudly and brashly: "This is the peasant poet from a collective farm!" (2a).♦ [author's usage]"...Крокодил с крыльями - самая простая штука, а возятся с ним, как с писаной торбой" (Стругацкие 3). "A crocodile with wings is a simple enough thing, but he is being treated like something special" (3a).♦ "Правительство Каледина никто не хочет поддерживать, отчасти даже потому, что он носится со своим паритетом как дурак с писаной торбой" (Шолохов 3). "No one wants to support Kaledin, partly because he's parading his demand for parity like a child with a new toy" (3a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > как дурак с писаной торбой
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• КАК С ПИСАНОЙ ТОРБОЙ носиться с кем-чем; КАК ДУРАК (ДУРЕНЬ) С (ПИСАНОЙ) ТОРБОЙ all coll, disapprov[ как + PrepP or NP; these forms only; adv (intensif)]=====⇒ (to relate outwardly to s.o. or sth. undeserving of special attention) with an excessive display of caring, attention etc, exaggerating his or its significance to an extreme degree:- X treats person < animal> Y like someone (something) special;- [in limited contexts] X is parading Y like a child with a new toy.♦ В Краснодаре с ним [Владом] носились как с писаной торбой, наперебой таскали по кабинетам, громогласно рекомендуя: "Поэт-колхозник!" (Максимов 2). The people in Krasnodar made a great fuss of him [Vlad], vying with one another to show him off to a succession of officials, to whom they introduced him loudly and brashly: "This is the peasant poet from a collective farm!" (2a).♦ [author's usage]"...Крокодил с крыльями - самая простая штука, а возятся с ним, как с писаной торбой" (Стругацкие 3). "A crocodile with wings is a simple enough thing, but he is being treated like something special" (3a).♦ "Правительство Каледина никто не хочет поддерживать, отчасти даже потому, что он носится со своим паритетом как дурак с писаной торбой" (Шолохов 3). "No one wants to support Kaledin, partly because he's parading his demand for parity like a child with a new toy" (3a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > как дурак с торбой
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13 как дурень с писаной торбой
• КАК С ПИСАНОЙ ТОРБОЙ носиться с кем-чем; КАК ДУРАК (ДУРЕНЬ) С (ПИСАНОЙ) ТОРБОЙ all coll, disapprov[ как + PrepP or NP; these forms only; adv (intensif)]=====⇒ (to relate outwardly to s.o. or sth. undeserving of special attention) with an excessive display of caring, attention etc, exaggerating his or its significance to an extreme degree:- X treats person < animal> Y like someone (something) special;- [in limited contexts] X is parading Y like a child with a new toy.♦ В Краснодаре с ним [Владом] носились как с писаной торбой, наперебой таскали по кабинетам, громогласно рекомендуя: "Поэт-колхозник!" (Максимов 2). The people in Krasnodar made a great fuss of him [Vlad], vying with one another to show him off to a succession of officials, to whom they introduced him loudly and brashly: "This is the peasant poet from a collective farm!" (2a).♦ [author's usage]"...Крокодил с крыльями - самая простая штука, а возятся с ним, как с писаной торбой" (Стругацкие 3). "A crocodile with wings is a simple enough thing, but he is being treated like something special" (3a).♦ "Правительство Каледина никто не хочет поддерживать, отчасти даже потому, что он носится со своим паритетом как дурак с писаной торбой" (Шолохов 3). "No one wants to support Kaledin, partly because he's parading his demand for parity like a child with a new toy" (3a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > как дурень с писаной торбой
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• КАК С ПИСАНОЙ ТОРБОЙ носиться с кем-чем; КАК ДУРАК (ДУРЕНЬ) С (ПИСАНОЙ) ТОРБОЙ all coll, disapprov[ как + PrepP or NP; these forms only; adv (intensif)]=====⇒ (to relate outwardly to s.o. or sth. undeserving of special attention) with an excessive display of caring, attention etc, exaggerating his or its significance to an extreme degree:- X treats person < animal> Y like someone (something) special;- [in limited contexts] X is parading Y like a child with a new toy.♦ В Краснодаре с ним [Владом] носились как с писаной торбой, наперебой таскали по кабинетам, громогласно рекомендуя: "Поэт-колхозник!" (Максимов 2). The people in Krasnodar made a great fuss of him [Vlad], vying with one another to show him off to a succession of officials, to whom they introduced him loudly and brashly: "This is the peasant poet from a collective farm!" (2a).♦ [author's usage]"...Крокодил с крыльями - самая простая штука, а возятся с ним, как с писаной торбой" (Стругацкие 3). "A crocodile with wings is a simple enough thing, but he is being treated like something special" (3a).♦ "Правительство Каледина никто не хочет поддерживать, отчасти даже потому, что он носится со своим паритетом как дурак с писаной торбой" (Шолохов 3). "No one wants to support Kaledin, partly because he's parading his demand for parity like a child with a new toy" (3a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > как дурень с торбой
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15 как с писаной торбой
• КАК С ПИСАНОЙ ТОРБОЙ носиться с кем-чем; КАК ДУРАК (ДУРЕНЬ) С (ПИСАНОЙ) ТОРБОЙ all coll, disapprov[ как + PrepP or NP; these forms only; adv (intensif)]=====⇒ (to relate outwardly to s.o. or sth. undeserving of special attention) with an excessive display of caring, attention etc, exaggerating his or its significance to an extreme degree:- X treats person < animal> Y like someone (something) special;- [in limited contexts] X is parading Y like a child with a new toy.♦ В Краснодаре с ним [Владом] носились как с писаной торбой, наперебой таскали по кабинетам, громогласно рекомендуя: "Поэт-колхозник!" (Максимов 2). The people in Krasnodar made a great fuss of him [Vlad], vying with one another to show him off to a succession of officials, to whom they introduced him loudly and brashly: "This is the peasant poet from a collective farm!" (2a).♦ [author's usage]"...Крокодил с крыльями - самая простая штука, а возятся с ним, как с писаной торбой" (Стругацкие 3). "A crocodile with wings is a simple enough thing, but he is being treated like something special" (3a).♦ "Правительство Каледина никто не хочет поддерживать, отчасти даже потому, что он носится со своим паритетом как дурак с писаной торбой" (Шолохов 3). "No one wants to support Kaledin, partly because he's parading his demand for parity like a child with a new toy" (3a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > как с писаной торбой
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adjective1) (worthy) verdienstvoll2)* * ** * *de·serv·ing[dɪˈzɜ:vɪŋ, AM dɪˈzɜ:r-]1. (meritorious) verdienstvolla \deserving cause eine gute Sache* * *[dI'zɜːvɪŋ]adjperson, action, cause verdienstvoll; winner verdientthe deserving poor — die Bedürftigen
* * *deserving adj (adv deservingly)1. verdienstvoll, verdient (Person)2. verdienstlich, -voll (Tat)3. verdient (Sieger etc):be deserving of sth etwas verdienen, einer Sache wert oder würdig sein* * *adjective1) (worthy) verdienstvoll2)* * *adj.verdienend adj.verdienstvoll adj. -
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adj.unworthy, despicable, contemptible, disgraceful.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: indignar.* * *► adjetivo1 unworthy (de, of)2 (vil) low, contemptible* * *ADJ1) (=impropio) unworthy2) (=desmerecedor) unworthyeres indigna de nuestra confianza — you are unworthy o not worthy of our trust
3) (=despreciable) despicable* * *- na adjetivoa) ( impropio) unworthyb) ( no merecedor) unworthyc) ( humillante) degrading, humiliatingd) ( vergonzoso) shameful, disgraceful* * *----* indigno de confianza = untrustworthy.* * *- na adjetivoa) ( impropio) unworthyb) ( no merecedor) unworthyc) ( humillante) degrading, humiliatingd) ( vergonzoso) shameful, disgraceful* * ** indigno de confianza = untrustworthy.* * *indigno -na1 (impropio) unworthy indigno DE algn unworthy OF sbese comportamiento es indigno de una persona de su clase such behavior is unworthy of o unbecoming in a person of your background2 (no merecedor) unworthy indigno DE algo/algn:eres indigno de todo lo que ha hecho por ti you're unworthy of o ( frml) undeserving of all she's done for you, you don't deserve all she's done for youesa mujer es indigna de ti that woman is unworthy of you3 (humillante) degrading, humiliating4 (vergonzoso) shameful, disgraceful, outrageous* * *
Del verbo indignar: ( conjugate indignar)
indigno es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
indignó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
indignar
indigno
indignar ( conjugate indignar) verbo transitivo
to make … angry o indignant;
( más fuerte) to outrage
indignarse verbo pronominal
to get angry, become indignant;
( más fuerte) to be outraged o incensed
indigno◊ -na adjetivo
indigno de algn unworthy of sb
indignar verbo transitivo to infuriate, make angry
indigno,-a adjetivo
1 (no merecedor) unworthy [de, of]
2 (impropio) wrong: esa respuesta es indigna de ti, it's not like you to respond like that
3 (infame, humillante) wretched, dreadful: sus condiciones de vida son indignas, the conditions they live in are dreadful
4 (despreciable, vergonzoso) su comportamiento fue indigno, his behaviour was despicable
' indigno' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
indigna
- última
- último
English:
beneath
- unfit
- unworthy
* * *indigno, -a adj1. [impropio] unworthy, not worthy (de of);una reacción indigna de alguien en su posición a reaction which was unworthy of somebody in her position2. [no merecedor] unworthy, not worthy (de of);soy indigno de tal honor I am not worthy of such an honour3. [degradante] shameful, appalling* * *adj unworthy (de of)* * *indigno, -na adj: unworthy -
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ЛИТЬ ВОДУ НА МЕЛЬНИЦУ чью, кого lit, often media VP subj: human or abstrto further s.o. 's cause (often that of one's opponent, the opposite party, or s.o. undeserving) indirectly or unintentionally by one's actions or behaviorX льёт воду на мельницу Y-a - thing X is grist to (for) Y's millX brings (adds) grist to Yb mill X provides grist for Yb mill person X is playing into Yb hands.На очередном заседании политбюро (тогда - «президиума») стал Никита (Хрущёв) требовать от членов согласия на опубликование («Ивана Денисовича»)... Многие отмалчивались («Чего молчите?» - требовал Никита), ктото осмелился спросить: «А на чью мельницу это будет воду лить?» (Солженицын 2). At a regular meeting of the Politburo (or Presidium, as it then was) Nikita (Khrushchev) sought agreement to the publication of the story (Ivan Denisovich)....Several made no comment ("Why don't you say something?" Nikita demanded), and someone ventured to ask "whose mill would it be grist to?" (2a)....Коллеги на очередном партийном собрании... просили Шевчука осознать свою ошибку и признать, что, хотя его высказывание, может быть, и не носило намеренно провокационного характера, объективно оно льёт воду на мельницу наших врагов (Войнович 4)....His (Shevchuk's) colleagues, at the next Party meeting, asked Shevchuk to realize his error and to acknowledge that, although his statement was perhaps not of a deliberately provocative nature, it did, objectively, provide grist for the mills of our enemies (4a). -
19 лить воду на мельницу
• ЛИТЬ ВОДУ НА МЕЛЬНИЦУ чью, кого lit, often media[VP; subj: human or abstr]=====⇒ to further s.o.'s cause (often that of one's opponent, the opposite party, or s.o. undeserving) indirectly or unintentionally by one's actions or behavior:- X льёт воду на мельницу Y-a - thing X is grist to < for> Y's mill;- X brings < adds> grist to Y's null;- person X is playing into Y's hands.♦ На очередном заседании политбюро (тогда - "президиума") стал Никита [Хрущёв] требовать от членов согласия на опубликование ["Ивана Денисовича"]... Многие отмалчивались ("Чего молчите?" - требовал Никита), кто-то осмелился спросить: "А на чью мельницу это будет воду лить?" (Солженицын 2). At a regular meeting of the Politburo (or Presidium, as it then was) Nikita [Khrushchev] sought agreement to the publication of the story [Ivan Denisovich].... Several made no comment ("Why don't you say something?" Nikita demanded), and someone ventured to ask "whose mill would it be grist to?" (2a).♦...Коллеги на очередном партийном собрании... просили Шевчука осознать свою ошибку и признать, что, хотя его высказывание, может быть, и не носило намеренно провокационного характера, объективно оно льёт воду на мельницу наших врагов (Войнович 4)....His [Shevchuk's] colleagues, at the next Party meeting, asked Shevchuk to realize his error and to acknowledge that, although his statement was perhaps not of a deliberately provocative nature, it did, objectively, provide grist for the mills of our enemies (4a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > лить воду на мельницу
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20 deserving
1) (worthy or suitable (to be given charity etc): I only give money to deserving causes.) meritorio2) ((with of) worthy of: He is deserving of better treatment than this.) merecedor, digno detr[dɪ'zɜːvɪŋ]1 (person) que vale, de valía2 (action, cause) meritorio,-a\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be deserving of something ser digno,-a deadj.• digno, -a adj.• merecedor adj.dɪ'zɜːrvɪŋ, dɪ'zɜːvɪŋadjective <cause/case> meritorioto be deserving OF something — (frml) ser* merecedor or digno de algo
[dɪ'zɜːvɪŋ]ADJ [cause] meritorioto be deserving of — merecer, ser digno de
* * *[dɪ'zɜːrvɪŋ, dɪ'zɜːvɪŋ]adjective <cause/case> meritorioto be deserving OF something — (frml) ser* merecedor or digno de algo
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