Hyphenation of deserving

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word deserving? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

de-serv-ing

Definitions of deserving:

1.	Worthy of being treated in a particular way An idea worth considering The deserving poor (often used ironically)

Synonyms of deserving:

adj	meriting, worth, worthy

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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