Indesert

[W]hich stop the Way to the true Knowledge and Service of Mankind, overlook the little Distinctions of Fortune, raise obscure Merit, and discountenance successful Indesert […]

1831, George Hall (vicar of Tenbury), The dictate book; being lessons on life, men, and manners All those who made their entrance into the world with the same advantages, and were once looked on as his equals, are apt to think the fame of his merits a reflection on their own indeserts, and will therefore take care to reproach him […]