Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unmeritable

/ˌʌnˈmɛɹɪtəbl̩/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-mer-i-ta-ble
IPA: /ˌʌnˈmɛɹɪtəbl̩/

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not meritable; undeserving of reward.

Example Sentences

"This is a ſlight vnmeritable man, / Meet to be ſent on Errands : is it fit / The three-fold VVorld diuided, he ſhould ſtand / One of the three to ſhare it?"
"The effect of this conſideration ought to be, […] that you give God moſt hearty and ſuperexalted thanks, vvith all the tranſports and raviſhments of ſpirit, for ſo unſpeakable, ſo unmeritable, ſo unrevvardable a loving kindneſs."
"[A]nd Wordsworth, it may be confessed, was liable to failure […] with a result sometimes merely trivial and unmeritable, sometimes actually repulsive or oppressive."

Etymology

From un- + meritable.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Inflected Forms

more unmeritable (comparative) most unmeritable (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce unmeritable?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌʌnˈmɛɹɪtəbl̩/.
What does unmeritable mean?: Not meritable; undeserving of reward.
Where does unmeritable come from?: From un- + meritable.

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