UNMERITED Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

unmerited

adjective

Definition of unmerited

as in undeserved

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Recent Examples of unmerited There’s barely a line of dialogue from any secondary character that doesn’t sound ripped from Twitter — not unmerited, just fatiguing. — Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2026 Amin had a penchant for strutting around in public wearing a military jacket full of flashy but unmerited awards. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2026 Lest you be concerned, there's no unmerited nepotism here. — Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 16 Sep. 2025 Aimee Zavala, a twenty-nine-year-old who left the area around this time, believed that the police response was unmerited. — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 9 June 2025 Now, half a century ago, Congress realized that Social Security benefit windfalls for public sector employees were costly, unnecessary and unmerited. — Andrew Biggs, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024 Some have claimed that the cuts are unmerited, given that culture funding accounts for just over 2 percent of Berlin city budget. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 6 Dec. 2024

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unmerited

Adjective

Pete Davidson is either the luckiest man in Hollywood or a guy cursed with an undeserved bad rap.

— Judy Berman, Time, 11 Aug. 2026
Lexie isn't out giving a team that is playing well any undeserved attention for doing so.

— Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026

Definition of undeserved

Adjective

All this is very unfair for players and general public in attendance.

— Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026
Her guidance prompted a series of unfair labor practice charges, including those involving USC and UCLA football and basketball players, as well as a unionization campaign by Dartmouth’s men’s basketball players.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of unfair

Adjective

With a few other liberal Democrats, nicknamed the Grizzlies, Sher would pick through turgid language of legislation looking for provisions that reflected the undue influence of special interests.

— Dan Morain, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
In an April interview, Chiefs President Mark Donovan said the board was too large for one team representative to exercise undue influence.

— Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of undue

Adjective

The judge of all the earth cannot be so unjust as to punish the guilty and the innocent alike!

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
But for Salvadorans who have lived in the United States for decades, worked here, paid taxes here and raised families here, the endless cycle of temporary extensions and looming expiration dates has become profoundly unjust.

— Randy Jurado Ertll, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of unjust

Adjective

And in January, another ARD poll found that 72% of the population considered the arrest of former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro unjustified.

— Sebastian Shukla, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026
But this roundheeled rom-com’s most unjustified betrayal is its happy ending.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of unjustified

Adjective

Last year, the panel also made several unwarranted changes to vaccine recommendations, including dropping the universal recommendation for a birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine—a move widely decried by medical and health experts.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 24 Aug. 2026
At 79, Levy has been pleased to discover that often his discomfort is unwarranted.

— Matthew Jacobs, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of unwarranted

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