unmeritable
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- unmeritability noun
Etymology
Origin of unmeritable
Example Sentences
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IV.7 slight unmeritable: insignificant, undeserving.
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Buller had captained England and had infused much of his own enthusiasm into his Fifteens; but the cricket coach, a Somerset professional, lacked "the Bull's" personality and force, and so for the last few years the doings of the Eleven had been slight and unmeritable.
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The childish perversion of popular government which took hold of the newer and more unsettled population in the North led them to send to Congress an ever-changing succession of unmeritable and sometimes shady people.
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It should rather be treated as an aggravation of his very unmeritable conduct.
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This is a slight unmeritable man, Meet to be sent on errands.
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