Unmerited
[,ʌn'meritid]
Definition
(adj.) not merited or deserved; 'received an unmerited honorary degree' .
(adj.) not merited; 'unmerited treatment of a potentially fine subject' .
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Definition
adj. not merited undeserved: obtained without service.—adj. Unmer′itable (Shak.) without merit.—n. Unmer′itedness.—adj. Unmer′iting not deserving.
Editor: Lucia
Examples
- The appellation was not flattering, but not unmerited. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- You have done me an unmerited service. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He shall not, through any act of mine, come back wi' the unmerited reproach of being brought back. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Once it had, by an opening undesigned and unmerited, led him into the way of happiness. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
Editor: Lucia