unmeritableadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈmɛrᵻtəbl/, U.S.

/ˌənˈmɛrədəb(ə)l/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and meritable adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, meritable adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + meritable adj.

1. Not worthy of merit; lacking in merit; meritless.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adjective] > undeserving > of insufficient merit

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1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iii. vii. 145 Your loue deserues my thanks, but my desert Vnmeritable shunes your high request.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iv. i. 12 This is a slight vnmeritable man, Meet to be sent on Errands.

1731 L. Theobald Orestes v. 66 Had the Sarmatian been like thee, a base Unmeritable Man, his Want of Worth Had made me glory in that Stroke of Justice.

1797 Ld. Thurlow in Cowper's Wks. (1836) III. 212 Cowper's distemper persuades him that he is unmeritable and unacceptable to God.

1884 F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads I. ii. 393/1 An Italian ballad, a slight and unmeritable thing.

1885 A. C. Swinburne Misc. (1886) 137 He was content to rely on his..simplicity alone; with a result sometimes merely trivial and unmeritable.

1972 Mod. Lang. Rev. 67 170 How trite and unmeritable would our Muggeridges and David Frosts appear,..if Swift could appear on television.

2010 E. Pearce Pitt the Elder (2011) iii. 31 Lord Cobham had made his great challenge in the unmeritable cause of resisting the Excise.

†2. = unmerited adj. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adjective] > undeserving > undeserved

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1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 22 You..are..come to undoe me with your unmeritable favours.

1666 Earl of Orrery in Coll. State Lett. (1743) II. 93 Those unmeritable expressions of your grace's kindness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unmeritable
释义	unmeritableadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈmɛrᵻtəbl/, U.S. /ˌənˈmɛrədəb(ə)l/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and meritable adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, meritable adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + meritable adj. 1. Not worthy of merit; lacking in merit; meritless. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adjective] > undeserving > of insufficient merit unworthc893 unworthya1240 undignec1315 unthrivingc1325 unmeriting1594 meritless1596 unmeritable1597 unmeritorious1599 immeritorious1642 immeritous1645 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iii. vii. 145 Your loue deserues my thanks, but my desert Vnmeritable shunes your high request. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iv. i. 12 This is a slight vnmeritable man, Meet to be sent on Errands. View more context for this quotation 1731 L. Theobald Orestes v. 66 Had the Sarmatian been like thee, a base Unmeritable Man, his Want of Worth Had made me glory in that Stroke of Justice. 1797 Ld. Thurlow in Cowper's Wks. (1836) III. 212 Cowper's distemper persuades him that he is unmeritable and unacceptable to God. 1884 F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads I. ii. 393/1 An Italian ballad, a slight and unmeritable thing. 1885 A. C. Swinburne Misc. (1886) 137 He was content to rely on his..simplicity alone; with a result sometimes merely trivial and unmeritable. 1972 Mod. Lang. Rev. 67 170 How trite and unmeritable would our Muggeridges and David Frosts appear,..if Swift could appear on television. 2010 E. Pearce Pitt the Elder (2011) iii. 31 Lord Cobham had made his great challenge in the unmeritable cause of resisting the Excise. †2. = unmerited adj. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adjective] > undeserving > undeserved unearnedc1200 unofearneda1225 unwortha1240 unworthya1382 unrighteous1533 desertless1556 unmerited1581 undeserving1598 immerited1602 meritless1603 undemerited1629 unmeritable1635 ill-deserveda1666 1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 22 You..are..come to undoe me with your unmeritable favours. 1666 Earl of Orrery in Coll. State Lett. (1743) II. 93 Those unmeritable expressions of your grace's kindness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1597
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