MERITLESS Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

meritless

adjective

Definition of meritless

as in worthless

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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

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Inflation has reached absurd heights, the Lebanese pound is all but worthless, and the government shuts off the electricity for more than half of each day.

— Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2026
Therefore, at current depletion rates, most of Venezuela’s oil reserves are worthless.

— Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of worthless

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Afterward, Kushner dismissed his counterparts as unworthy of his time.

— Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
Granted, Pérez isn’t an unworthy profile subject, but six pages is an awful lot of Vogue for a fashion executive — a few Annie Leibovitz portraits shy of first-lady treatment.

— Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of unworthy

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Connecticut has an association with witchcraft that’s as long and dishonorable as anything that happened in Massachusetts.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026
Finally, a dishonorable mention of Matthew Tkachuk’s slew foot that took Mark Scheifele out of the 2020 playoff qualifying round.

— Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 25 July 2026

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