unmerited

adjective

Definition of unmeritednext
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
  1. undeserved
  2. unfair
  3. undue
  4. unjust
  5. unjustified
  6. unwarranted
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
  • Trump filed the lawsuit in December seeking $10 billion in damages from the BBC, accusing it of defamation as well as deceptive and unfair trade practices.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
  • That seems rather unfair on those who operated well under their PSR limit, and a concession offered by the EFL arrives in the form of a transitional ‘allowable headroom injection’.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of unfair
Adjective
  • However, federal rules restrict recovery in some circumstances, such as when there is a surviving spouse or a surviving child who is under 21, blind or disabled, and states must have procedures for undue-hardship waivers.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Voluntary surrender, conversely, allows direct reporting, saving taxpayer money and avoiding undue hardship for defendants and their families.
    — Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of undue
Adjective
  • More than once, his white planter friends stood by him in court and kept him from unjust imprisonment and even execution.
    — Paul Schullery, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026
  • This unjust decision must be overturned by the Supreme Court in its entirety.
    — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of unjust
Adjective
  • However, this is the video game industry, and doing things you’re not meant to with games can often be met with unjustified wrath.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Against that backdrop, its share-price moves have drawn intense scrutiny as investors and analysts look for signs that the initial enthusiasm was unjustified.
    — Alastair Marsh, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of unjustified
Adjective
  • At 79, Levy has been pleased to discover that often his discomfort is unwarranted.
    — Matthew Jacobs, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Today’s blog post further claimed that Old Reddit is leading to unwarranted content scraping.
    — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of unwarranted

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“Unmerited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unmerited. Accessed 23 Aug. 2026.

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