The phrase
"undeserved reputation" means that someone has a reputation or a perception about them that they did not earn or deserve based on their actions or behavior.
Full definition
We should welcome the March for Science as it sets out to destroy the academy's
undeserved reputation for neutrality and to reveal science for what it has always been.
Well, actually, I can guess: fewer and fewer people cook anything at all, let along things like homemade broth, which has
an undeserved reputation for being difficult to make.
Vanilla has
an undeserved reputation as being «boring», but in reality, the flavor provides the backbone for many sweet treats.
I know that some breeds get
an undeserved reputation, and that both nurture and nature can affect a dog's temperament.
So has the Common's been lumbered with
an undeserved reputation for cultivating inebriants?
His success may depend on the extent to which he can shed
his undeserved reputation as a «Blairite».
The lack of a credible alternative on reducing the deficit has allowed the Tories to develop a completely ridiculous and
undeserved reputation for sound economic management.
Polaris has
an undeserved reputation for steadiness.
«Eggs have gotten
an undeserved reputation as one of the leading causes of high cholesterol.
I think the Clinique brand gets
an undeserved reputation for being... for the older ladies.
It's not
an undeserved reputation, as past Maseratis have been exotics — Italian sports cars and sedans with pasts as celebrated as those other Italian exotic brands.
Bulwer - Lytton has
an undeserved reputation as a bad writer, but he is a wonderful storyteller who created a lot of the best - known phrases we still use today.
Fiction editors get something of
an undeserved reputation in popular culture.
One theory about its fall in popularity is that several atypical curlies gave the breed
the undeserved reputation as hard - mouthed retrievers, causing newer hunters to choose other retrievers.
Tea tree oil has
an undeserved reputation as a «safe», all - natural flea treatment.
But now I believe that the owners of abused dogs, not the breed itself, have created
this undeserved reputation.
An Undeserved Reputation: A well - trained and socialized Rottweiler can provide the right owner with a great deal of exercise and loving companionship.
We strive to advocate for a breed that otherwise has no voice and falls victim to breed specific legislation, discrimination and cruelty due to
an undeserved reputation.
While it does have
an undeserved reputation for being a rattle - brain, the Irish Setter is nevertheless, endeared to those value its strengths in bird - finding.
For years breeders and their representatives have vehemently opposed all attempts to enact tougher kennel standards, arguing that most Pennsylvania kennels are clean and that a «few bad apples» have brought on
this undeserved reputation.
As a result, this type has been given
the undeserved reputation of being a pampered wimp of a dog.
Kebabs have
an undeserved reputation in much of the world for being greasy, fattening and generally unappetizing.
Brussels has
an undeserved reputation for being boring and is overshadowed by cities like Paris, Amsterdam, and London.
Their climate - change alarm chorus gets considerable global heft from The Economist, which boasts
an undeserved reputation as a journal of substance.
Despite a decade of research documenting the carbon emissions from man - made reservoirs, hydroelectric power still has
an undeserved reputation for mitigating global warming.
History has had
an undeserved reputation of being boring or dead.
However, Android has gained a not - entirely -
undeserved reputation for being a platform of handsets that are quick when fresh out of the box, but over time bog down.
Samsung has a not -
undeserved reputation for taking pure Android and hosing it down with undue customization in the name of TouchWiz.
Millennials thrive on mentoring and feedback, which means they sometimes suffer from
an undeserved reputation of being «pampered» or «needy».
I have
an undeserved reputation as a kitchen whizz.