meritless

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for meritless
Adjective
  • They are also known to trick miners into quarrying worthless ore, following veins of what appears to be copper or silver, but when smelted, is found to be without value or, worse, poisonous.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Should the stock rise, the option expires worthless, and the investor keeps the premium.
    Michael Khouw, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • For now, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told the press the company doesn’t want to break user trust by recommending unworthy apps.
    Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The real fiends were the ones who perverted science, who attacked this misunderstood giant out of fear, who branded him as something unholy and unworthy to exist, who gave him life but didn’t give him love.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • By modern standards, kind of disgusting.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
  • But stepping into that closet was really disgusting.
    Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Nominee Ashby, 65, starred as dishonorable Cameron Kirsten on The Young and the Restless.
    Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Daniel Kraus’s latest high-concept literary trapeze act follows a band of dishonorable soldiers on a mission to rescue a fallen angel from the mire of no-man’s-land.
    Neil McRobert, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Meritless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meritless. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.

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