unmerited
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Your criticisms of the Senate’s Clarity Act, however, are unmerited.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
In these dystopian times, when realism is more important than ever, it’s a grave mistake to let rose-colored glasses distort our vision, or to substitute unmerited patience for vital urgency.
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2026
Rooney also thinks Owen's reputation as being boring is unmerited.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025
At the funeral of those little girls from Birmingham, King said that “history has proved over and over again that unmerited suffering is redemptive.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2023
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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