unmeritedly
/ˌʌnˈmɛɹɪtɪdli/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In an unmerited manner; undeservedly.
Example Sentences
- "Now as pain is what we are all averſe to, our own ſenſibility of pain ſhould teach us to commiſerate it in others, to alleviate it if poſſible, but never wantonly or unmeritedly to inflict it."
- "After the numerous services rendered to Anglo-Norman literature, and the elucidation of its antiquities, by the late respected Abbé de la Rue, the concluding remarks on the last of his lucubrations, contained in the Obituary of your last Magazine, appear to be unmeritedly severe."
- "Referring to the WhatsApp call controversy, the JIT report said that the controversy was stirred at the behest of the Chairman SECP, attempting to “unmeritedly drag the learned Registrar of this Honourable Court, when in actual the learned Registrar, on his own volition, had no role in the manner”."
Etymology
From unmerited + -ly.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more unmeritedly (comparative)
most unmeritedly (superlative)