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unmeritedly en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˌʌnˈmɛɹɪtɪdli/

Etymology

From unmerited + -ly.

Meanings

1. In an unmerited manner; undeservedly.
   • 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. 1776, “Miscellaneous Essays”, in The Annual Register: Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature, For the Year 1776, page 177:
   • 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. 1836 January 14, Gaulois, “Minor Correspondence”, in The Gentleman's Magazine, volume V, page 2:
   • 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”. 2017 June 14, Ansa Abbasi, “JIT levels serious charges against govt bodies”, in The News International:

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