单词 | unmeritingly |
释义 | unmeritinglyadv. Now rare. Without basis in what is right or fair; undeservedly, unjustly. 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 1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 399 Bee sure you mistake him not, or vnmeritingly condemne him. 1799 A. A. Hutchinson Exhib. of Heart III. xii. 281 There, forgetful of every injury she had unmeritingly received, she considered herself happy. 1823 S. Turner Hist. Eng. during Middle Ages III. iii. iv. 531 Yet, although he [sc. the Duke of Buckingham] perished, neither lamented nor unmeritingly, it was he that wove the plans and made the cords, which pulled down Richard from his state. 1890 C. Downing God in Shakspeare iii. v. 158 It will be interesting to learn as much as we can of the man who (unmeritingly) had so mighty an influence upon Shakspeare's mind. 1984 1983–4 NLRB Decisions (U. S. National Labor Relations Board) 16,354/2 The employee had quit his job because he felt that the employer unmeritingly lacked trust in him. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1621 |
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