Correct and Deserving

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Correct

Correct adjective - Being in agreement with the truth or a fact or a standard.
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Deserving and correct are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Deserving" instead an adjective "Correct".
Nearby Words: correction, correctly, correctness, corrected, corrective

Deserving

Deserving adjective - Having sufficient worth or merit to receive one's honor, esteem, or reward.
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Correct and deserving are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Correct" instead an adjective "Deserving".
Nearby Words: deserved, deservedly

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  • Oscar Bait In extreme cases, this can lead to an Award Snub: movies widely accepted to be genuinely deserving but don't appear to tick the correct boxes are overlooked in favor of less-deserving fare which does.
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