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unˈmerited, ppl. a.
(un-1 8.)
1648Hexham ii, Onbedient, Vndeserved, or Vnmerited. 1667Milton P.L. xii. 278 Favour unmerited by me, who sought Forbidd'n knowledge. 1711Spect. No. 77 ⁋5 Those Nods of Approbation which I never bestow unmerited. 1740Richardson Pamela (1824) I. 157 This, sir,..is all goodness unmerited on my side. 1808Wordsw. White Doe ii. 525 The excess Of an unmerited distress. 1889in Retrospect Med. CII. 33 Years ago I remember getting a good deal of quite unmerited credit.
Hence unˈmeritedness.
1648Boyle Seraph. Love (1659) 70 The freenesse or un⁓meritednesse of God's love. a1680Charnock Attrib. God (1834) II. 437 The unmeritedness of them doth enhance this. |