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.