Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unmeritorious

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.10 in modern English

Syllables
un-mer-i-to-ri-ous
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not meritorious; without merit.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From un- + meritorious.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more unmeritorious (comparative) most unmeritorious (superlative)

Derived Forms

unmeritoriously unmeritoriousness

Questions

What does unmeritorious mean?
Not meritorious; without merit.
Where does unmeritorious come from?
From un- + meritorious.

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