immeritorious

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immeritorious

/ɪmɛɹɪˈtɔːɹɪəs/ UK

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im- (“un-”, “not”) + meritorious (“worthy or deserving of merit”); compare the Latin immeritōrius

adjective more immeritorious · most immeritorious

Unworthy of merit; not deserving of merit; not meritorious. 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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@misc{immeritorious_2026,
  title = {immeritorious},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/immeritorious},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}