unmerited
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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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
Eyebrows were raised at a decision that felt somewhat unmerited and unnecessary.
From BBC • Dec. 4, 2024
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
One more day of unmerited grace in which we might enflesh in this world slightly more mercy than the suffering we cause.
From Salon • Aug. 27, 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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