unmeriting

Definitions

Not meriting; undeserving.

Examples

“Why then you ſhould diſcouer a brace of vnmeriting, proud, violent, teſtie Magiſtrates (alias Fooles) as any in Rome.”

“And now giue me leaue[…]to assure my sealf, that your lordships and the rest⟳, duely considering my deportment, and his lordship’s expressions, which being so publick amount to a reprehension, will adiudge me guiltlesse of any disrespectiue carriadge towards him, and consequently vnmeriting so neglectfull an expostulation, and from a transgressing any the orders of that high court of parlament, whose approbation I esteeme more then rewards for any seruice I can doe.”

“Now “Crazy Kate” was remarkable for showing nothing calculated to persuade⟳ the casual spectator into a belief in her fleetness. She was, in truth, a very vulgar-looking beast, singularly unmeriting the appellation of “Crazy,” as no creature could possibly have⟳ looked more tame.”

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