No. 9,822 in Catalan
merescut
Deserved.
In a sentence
Ell ha guanyat aquest premi de forma merescuda.
He has won this prize deservedly.
In this sentence, 'merescuda' refers to something that has been achieved or received because it is rightly deserved.
L'èxit és el resultat del seu esforç merescut.
The success is the result of their deserved effort.
Here, 'merescut' is used to describe the effort as worthy of its result.
Després de tant treballar, un descans merescut li fa falta.
After working so hard, a well-deserved rest is needed.
In this example, 'merescut' qualifies the rest as being appropriately deserved after effort.
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