That is a question which does not deserve an answer.

You deserve a better answer, and I don't have one.

This is a real question and deserves a serious answer.

This is an important question, and it deserves an answer.

That wasn't the question I would have asked, but it deserved an answer.

But the question, a fair and very serious one, has always deserved an answer.

You deserve either a better answer or silence, but not that.

She hadn't expected him to take that course, but felt he deserved a carefully considered answer.

The girl was stiff waiting, and she deserved an answer.

Catherine could not feel that she had deserved such an answer as this.