unmerited meaning

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unmerited (adjective): not merited or deserved.

unmerited has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

unmerited as an adjective

  1. not merited or deserved
    • received an unmerited honorary degree

    Opposite: merited

    Similar: gratuitous, undeserved

  2. not merited
    • unmerited treatment of a potentially fine subject

    Similar: unworthy

Scrabble score: 12 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with UN · words ending in ED · 9-letter words

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