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meritless, a.|ˈmɛrɪtlɪs|
[f. merit n. + -less.]
1. Without merit; undeserving; worthless.
1596Drayton Leg. i. 769 Esteeming Titles meritlesse and nought. 1630J. Taylor (Water P.) Wks. i. 40, I am altogether meritlesse of any good. 1786Francis the Philanthropist I. 217 Titles, too often right honourable only in the herald's book and the meritless patent of creation. 1891Athenæum 1 Aug. 154/3 The volume is, in fact, as meritless as such volumes often are.
†2. Unmerited, undeserved. Obs. rare.
1603Cont. Adv. Don Sebast. in Harl. Misc. (1810) V. 468, I have been grieved for your meritless afflictions. 1621R. Brathwait Nat. Embassie, etc. 251 Will..your flatt'ring humour nere haue end, Of all other meritlesse? |