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Recent Examples of unmerited
Aimee Zavala, a twenty-nine-year-old who left the area around this time, believed that the police response was unmerited.
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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
But such intercommunal attacks, however vicious and unmerited, are not the cause of the M23 rebellion but a response to it: many Congolese of other ethnicities automatically assume local Tutsis support the rebel group and have therefore lashed out against them.
—Michela Wrong, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2023
This does not excuse the subsequent Republican descent into conspiracy-theory madness and all that has followed from that, but the kernel of mistrust at the center of that paranoiac outlook is not entirely unmerited.
—Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 26 May 2021
Beyond that, President Biden’s attacks on the court are unmerited and dangerous.
—Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 30 June 2022
My personal trials have also taught me the value of unmerited suffering.
—Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 26 Apr. 2021
The good nap alights upon you like the grace of God: weightless, unmerited, spirit-altering.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2020
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
But such intercommunal attacks, however vicious and unmerited, are not the cause of the M23 rebellion but a response to it: many Congolese of other ethnicities automatically assume local Tutsis support the rebel group and have therefore lashed out against them.
—Michela Wrong, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2023
This does not excuse the subsequent Republican descent into conspiracy-theory madness and all that has followed from that, but the kernel of mistrust at the center of that paranoiac outlook is not entirely unmerited.
—Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 26 May 2021
Beyond that, President Biden’s attacks on the court are unmerited and dangerous.
—Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 30 June 2022
My personal trials have also taught me the value of unmerited suffering.
—Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 26 Apr. 2021
The good nap alights upon you like the grace of God: weightless, unmerited, spirit-altering.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unmerited
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Nixon was in favor, but the proposal was cut down in Congress as an undeserved handout.—
Augustine Sedgewick,
Time,
13 June 2025
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Chapman’s walk-off homer, his first since June 20, 2019 with the Oakland A’s, not only gave the Giants their fourth straight win but saved Webb from an undeserved loss.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
7 June 2025
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The legacy of slavery was an undertone — overtone, really — to Our Native Daughters’ lone album, so this first set naturally contained an unfair share of the most emotionally rife numbers of the night.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
21 June 2025
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The second myth, peddled by Governor Newsom, is that trans kids have an unfair advantage in sports.—
Gavin Yamey,
Time,
20 June 2025
Adjective
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For decades, the Dodgers have gotten away with being the Flamin’ Hot Cheetos of Major League Baseball – a corporate entity with an undue, even unhealthy following by too many Latinos.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2025
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Brazil's federal police also accused Luiz Fernando Corrêa, the head of the country's intelligence agency under Lula, of undue interference in investigations.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
20 June 2025
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Beyond the allegation that ONE, in the pursuit of profit, illegally gave up space that should have been assigned to QVC and Cornerstone, the companies also alleged that the freight company charged unjust demurrage and detention fees.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
20 June 2025
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In the class action, V.T. is, therefore, seeking general and aggravated damages for pain, emotional distress, and lost income, along with compensation for overpayment and unjust enrichment.—
Dario Sabaghi,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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One that was really big for 'Ash' was 'Suspiria' and a lot of that kind of theatrical color, and trying to get psychedelic with the colors and the negative space, playing with unjustified light sources.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
23 June 2025
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Jeans pushes back on reports about ‘unjustified privileges’ Jean, a U.S.-educated economist and former head of Haiti’s Central Bank, assumed the helm of the presidential council in March as part of the rotation presidency.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
21 June 2025
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But such deference is inappropriate and unwarranted under Supreme Court precedents when a law burdens a group that has been historically subjected to discrimination.—
Erwin Chemerinsky,
Mercury News,
22 June 2025
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Our elevated emotions surrounding this shopping holiday aren’t unwarranted either, since, almost exactly a year ago, Amazon doled out unprecedented markdowns and is now promising that even more goodies will soon come down the pike.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
21 June 2025
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