unmeriting

[ uhn-mer-i-ting ]

adjective

1. not meriting; unearned; undeserving.

Word History and Origins

Origin of unmeriting¹

First recorded in 1585–95; un- ¹ + merit + -ing ²

Example Sentences

Had Whitman omitted the few poems whose titles are given here, doubtless a few readers would have found his formless verses either curious or ludicrous, or merely stupid, and others would have passed them by as unmeriting even casual attention.

From Project Gutenberg

To meet this end, the writer suggests that the Crown, as advised thereon, should have a discretionary power of rewarding the well-doer and refusing the claim of the unmeriting, which would distinctly separate the case of the worthy servant of the Sovereign from that of him who only employed his office to enrich himself.

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On Mimas shall he hurl His fires, on Rhodope and Oeta's woods Unmeriting such chastisement, and leave This life to Cassius' hand?

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Why, then you should discover a brace of unmeriting,     proud, violent, testy magistrates-alias fools- as any in Rome.

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Why, then you should discover a brace of unmeriting, proud, violent, testy magistrates-alias fools- as any in Rome.

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