meritless

Definition of meritlessnext

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Recent Examples of meritless Having already passed the House as a pro-business measure to address climate litigation, the bill seeks to shield energy producers and related industries from expansive, meritless coastal erosion liability claims. David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meritless
Adjective
  • If Iran can still open and shut the Strait at will or charge fees on it, does that mean this agreement is worthless?
    NBC news, NBC news, 21 June 2026
  • That is compliance, and compliance is worthless in a transformation.
    Julie Averill, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
Adjective
  • In casting a figure who could embody an industry, a medium, a bulwark against unworthy encroachers and invaders, Michael Patrick King and Lisa Kudrow brought in Burrows as the most believable person possible.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 19 June 2026
  • Complaints that the host stadiums, places like Los Angeles Stadium, Boston Stadium or Seattle Stadium would somehow prove unworthy of hosting World Cup matches.
    Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026
Adjective
  • French broadcaster French Pierron was under fire for calling childbirth 'a disgusting moment.
    Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 22 June 2026
  • How to make the moment scary but watchable, disgusting but entrancing?
    David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
Adjective
  • Getty Images When the obituary of traditional management is eventually written, an article tucked inside the current issue of Harvard Business Review will earn a dishonorable mention.
    Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
  • Very dishonorable people to deal with.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 13 June 2026

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“Meritless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meritless. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.

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