Immeritorious
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɪmɛɹɪˈtɔːɹɪəs/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Immeritorious is an adjective meaning Unworthy of merit; not deserving of merit; not meritorious.
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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include unmeritorious, unmeritable, unmeriting, unworthy, undeserving, unworth.
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