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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.
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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.
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Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
24 Jan. 2026
Lest you be concerned, there's no unmerited nepotism here.
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Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
16 Sep. 2025
The very picture of God’s unmerited favor and love.
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Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
24 July 2025
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.
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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.
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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.
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Michela Wrong,
Foreign Affairs,
13 Apr. 2023
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.
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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
The very picture of God’s unmerited favor and love.
—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
24 July 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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unmerited
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And the Neuberger Berman Next Generation Connectivity Fund (NBXG), a recent addition to the CEF Insider portfolio, is a solid option that’s clinging to an undeserved double-digit discount.
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Canada’s capital doesn’t get the same buzz as Toronto or Montreal, and frankly, that’s undeserved.
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His conviction was overturned in 2024 when his lawyers argued the first trial was unfair when the court allowed other accusers to testify.
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Hilton, running on a platform of affordability and lowering taxes, has seized on the sentiment, casting health coverage for immigrants without legal status as deeply unfair and a direct threat to the state’s ability to help citizens.
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This misconduct violates the prosecutor's ethical obligations to 'seek justice, not merely to convict,' and numerous other rules prohibiting undue influence and official coercion of the grand jury.
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But his presence is designed to serve as a kind of firewall against undue pressure from the White House to lower interest rates.
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My arrest is unjust and arbitrary.
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Too often, caricatures are deployed to justify unfair and unjust treatment.
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Prosecutors argued that the stabbing was an unjustified attack that stemmed from a disagreement over Anthony's presence under a Memorial High School team tent during the rainy track meet, the Associated Press reported.
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The Australia-Singapore and EU-Singapore digital economy agreements restrict unjustified data localization requirements, while maintaining protections to address legitimate security concerns.
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There is a lot riding on all involved improving a situation best described as chaotic and perhaps most suitably described as unwarranted.
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Save emails and messages that show shifting expectations, unwarranted criticism or attempts to take credit for your work.
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“Unmerited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unmerited. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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