† immeritoriousadj.
Obsolete.
Not meritorious; undeserving.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adjective] > undeserving > of insufficient merit
unworthc893
unworthya1240
undignec1315
unthrivingc1325
unmeriting1594
meritless1596
unmeritable1597
unmeritorious1599
immeritorious1642
immeritous1645
1642 J. Vicars God in Mount 85 An unjust and immeritorious eulogie or elogie.
1753 Ess. Celibacy 81 It is therefore immeritorious..to place human perfection in a solemn and formal round of devotional exercises.
Derivatives
immeriˈtoriously adv. undeservingly.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adverb] > undeservedly or undeservingly
wrightlesslikea1325
unworthilya1340
undeservingly1552
undeserved?c1570
indignly1593
undeservedly1603
desertlessly1619
unmeritingly1621
unmeritedly1635
deservelessly1654
immeritoriously1675
unmeritoriously1799
1675 O. Walker Paraphr. Epist. St. Paul 99 All easily, and immeritoriously, stand in..the truth.
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