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
  • To bow and scrape before this worthless outsider is beneath me.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 May 2026
  • Don't think the free themes are worthless; some rival Squarespace's slick visual style.
    Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 21 May 2026
Adjective
  • Ben chose to stay behind, feeling unworthy of doing so just yet.
    Janey Tracey, Entertainment Weekly, 23 May 2026
  • Even bound by the rigid social confines of his period setting, Stappard understands that a modern horror movie cannot meaningfully interrogate historic oppression while forcing an underrepresented hero into an unworthy box.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 17 May 2026
Adjective
  • This blood and other stuff that blew out on the road is disgusting, and the smell is really awful.
    Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 26 May 2026
  • Both are also, objectively speaking, disgusting.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 22 May 2026
Adjective
  • This was controversial to the public, though, with many feeling that Pluto had been demoted in a dishonorable sense, unjustly kicked out of the club of astronomical objects that people actually care about.
    Frank Landymore, Futurism, 29 Apr. 2026
  • After backing out of an agreement to trade first-round picks in 2026 and 2027 for Crosby, DeCosta was decried as dishonorable, dirty and duplicitous, especially after Baltimore signed another accomplished edge rusher, Trey Hendrickson, to a free-agent deal the following day.
    Michael Silver, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026

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“Meritless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meritless. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.

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