Meaning of unmeritable | Babel Free
ˌʌnˈmɛɹɪtəbl̩Definitions
Not meritable; undeserving of reward.
Examples
“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.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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