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单词 demeritorious
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demeritoriousadj.

/diːˌmɛrɪˈtɔːrɪəs/
Etymology: < demerit n. after meritorious: compare French déméritoire (15th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter).
1. Bringing demerit, ill-deserving, blameworthy; opposed to meritorious.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > blame > [adjective] > blameworthy
to lackc1330
faulty1380
blameable1387
blameworthy1387
blamefulc1430
accusablea1525
wity1530
faultworthy1586
demeritorious1593
culpable1604
obnoxious1604
taxable1610
1593 T. Bell Motives Romish Faith ii. vii. 92 Good workes are meritorious to suche as be viatores, and liue in this world: and likewise euill workes demeritorious.
a1670 J. Hacket Cent. Serm. (1675) 229 The ill use of it..in those that perish is demeritorious.
1871 H. Alabaster Wheel of Law 46 The demeritorious kind is illustrated by a wilful breach of the law.
1882 L. Stephen Sci. of Ethics 279 I deserve blame, and my conduct is de-meritorious.
2. Failing to deserve, undeserving. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adjective] > undeserving
unofservedc1225
unworthya1240
undeserved1390
unmeedfula1425
meedless1435
incondignc1450
indignc1450
undeserving1549
worthless1586
unworth1587
desertless1631
immeriting1635
demeritoriousa1640
deserveless1648
a1640 T. Jackson Exact Coll. Wks. (1654) 3217 Some kind of endeavours are..as effectual, as others are idle and impertinent, or demeritorious of Gods Grace to convert us.

Derivatives

demeriˈtoriously adv. according to ill-desert.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > blame > [adverb] > in blameworthy manner
faultily1591
culpably1660
demeritoriously1703
blameably1726
1703 W. Burkitt Expos. Notes New Test. Rom. viii. 6 The End and Condition of all Carnally minded Persons..is Death; always Demeritoriously, that which deserves Death.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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adj.1593
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