as in undeserved
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Recent Examples of unmerited
Now, half a century ago, Congress realized that Social Security benefit windfalls for public sector employees were costly, unnecessary and unmerited.
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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
JoJo is reminiscent of the donkey-saint in Robert Bresson’s Au Hasard Balthazar, a symbol of innocence, of unmerited suffering.
—Casey Gerald, The New York Review of Books, 7 Mar. 2020
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
JoJo is reminiscent of the donkey-saint in Robert Bresson’s Au Hasard Balthazar, a symbol of innocence, of unmerited suffering.
—Casey Gerald, The New York Review of Books, 7 Mar. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unmerited
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In 1998, Moore started an eponymous foundation to provide educational, cultural and recreational activities for undeserved youth.—
C. Isaiah Smalls II,
Miami Herald,
19 May 2025
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It’s not always taken seriously enough, despite the fact that employees cite office gossip as their number one pet peeve more than pointless meetings, coworkers taking undeserved credit and micromanagement.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
7 May 2025
Adjective
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But critics argue that no taxes on tips is a costly, unfair tax break that will benefit few lower-income Americans.—
Bailey Schulz,
USA Today,
18 May 2025
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President Trump understands that, when used wisely, tariffs can level the playing field, protect American industries from unfair competition, incentivize U.S. manufacturing, and ultimately strengthen our national security.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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Her character is introduced briskly questioning one officer accused of undue violence while performing crowd control at the populist yellow-vest protests that erupted throughout France in late 2018.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
15 May 2025
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At the time, his House Un-American Activities Committee was causing undue terror around the nation, but thanks to Murrow’s newscasts on CBS, the junior senator from Wisconsin was ultimately investigated and censured by 1954.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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Independent jurors can blunt the force of immoral laws and arbitrary prosecutions by refusing to subject their neighbors to unjust laws or overtly cruel punishment.—
Mike Fox,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2025
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About 80 percent of all respondents—including half of those who are U.S. citizens—called Trump's decision to end TPS unjust.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 May 2025
Adjective
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Civil liberties groups have attacked the move since the deportations came with little to no due process, arguing that the United States is not at war and, therefore, unjustified in its use of the 18th-century wartime law.—
Russell Contreras,
Axios,
7 Apr. 2025
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To move forward with his immigration and economic policies, Trump has declared national emergencies that Goitein, an expert on presidential emergency powers, said are unjustified.—
Alexandra Hutzler,
ABC News,
29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Earlier this week, Gates took to Instagram to give his unwarranted opinion on the couple’s relationship.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Congratulations to Harvard University for fighting back against the Trump administration’s unseemly efforts to use federal dollars to try to exert unwarranted control over higher education.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
15 Apr. 2025
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