unmerited

/ ʌnˈmɛrɪtɪd /

adjective

1. not merited or deserved

Example Sentences

The “it,” in this case, is foreign policy, one of many areas where our president-elect holds a completely unmerited belief in his own expertise.

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Mercy, it says, “is the act of withholding deserved punishment, while grace is the act of endowing unmerited favor.”

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Eyebrows were raised at a decision that felt somewhat unmerited and unnecessary.

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John Amos of ‘Good Times,’ ‘Roots’ and ‘Coming to America’ fame said Monday that reports about elder neglect are “false and unmerited.”

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Madison in 1792 viewed the duty of political parties as acting to combat “the inequality of property, by an immoderate, and especially an unmerited, accumulation of riches.”

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Related Words

• baseless 
• groundless 
• needless 
• superfluous 
• unfounded 
• unjustified 
• unprovoked 
• unwarranted 
• wanton