immeritous
English
Etymology
From Latin immeritus, from im- (“not”) + meritus, past participle of merere, mereri (“to deserve”).
Adjective
immeritous (comparative more immeritous, superlative most immeritous)
- (obsolete) undeserving
- 1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], OCLC 868004604, book:
- his confuting hath been employed about a frothy , immeritous , and undeserving discourse
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for immeritous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)