immeritous
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin immeritus, from im- (“not”) + meritus, past participle of merere, mereri (“to deserve”).
Adjective edit
immeritous (comparative more immeritous, superlative most immeritous)
- (obsolete) undeserving
- 1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, book:
- his confuting hath been employed about a frothy , immeritous , and undeserving discourse
References edit
- “immeritous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.