What does immeritorious mean?
Immeritorious means Unworthy of merit; not deserving of merit; not meritorious..
Immeritorious
/ɪmɛɹɪˈtɔːɹɪəs/ · adjective
Meaning
Unworthy of merit; not deserving of merit; not meritorious..
Example Sentences
As long as the defence is credible and can be reasonably substantiated so that the counterclaim is not evidently immeritorious, the attacked party has little to lose, and may gain time.
Their acceptance indeed, as a formula, may show a willing and tractable spirit, and they may to that extent have a value : but such acceptance differs of course from belief in being admittedly a voluntary act, and not a mere immeritorious and reluctant yielding to the brute weight of evidence.
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- more immeritorious
- most immeritorious
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As long as the defence is credible and can be reasonably substantiated so that the counterclaim is not evidently immeritorious, the attacked party has little to lose, and may gain time.
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