unmerited
Britishadjective
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McGregor’s dad even suggests driving through a herd of small stegosauruses, insisting with unmerited optimism that they’ll simply move out of the way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
The miracle of freedom, he writes, is “an unmerited gift, a hard-won achievement, and a condition in need of defense.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025
Rooney also thinks Owen's reputation as being boring is unmerited.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025
Mercy, it says, “is the act of withholding deserved punishment, while grace is the act of endowing unmerited favor.”
From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2024
And history has proven over and over again that unmerited suffering is redemptive.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
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