as in undeserved
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Recent Examples of unmerited
Now, half a century ago, Congress realized that Social Security benefit windfalls for public sector employees were costly, unnecessary and unmerited.
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Andrew Biggs, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Some have claimed that the cuts are unmerited, given that culture funding accounts for just over 2 percent of Berlin city budget.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 6 Dec. 2024
But such intercommunal attacks, however vicious and unmerited, are not the cause of the M23 rebellion but a response to it: many Congolese of other ethnicities automatically assume local Tutsis support the rebel group and have therefore lashed out against them.
—Michela Wrong, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2023
This does not excuse the subsequent Republican descent into conspiracy-theory madness and all that has followed from that, but the kernel of mistrust at the center of that paranoiac outlook is not entirely unmerited.
—Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 26 May 2021
Beyond that, President Biden’s attacks on the court are unmerited and dangerous.
—Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 30 June 2022
My personal trials have also taught me the value of unmerited suffering.
—Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 26 Apr. 2021
The good nap alights upon you like the grace of God: weightless, unmerited, spirit-altering.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2020
JoJo is reminiscent of the donkey-saint in Robert Bresson’s Au Hasard Balthazar, a symbol of innocence, of unmerited suffering.
—Casey Gerald, The New York Review of Books, 7 Mar. 2020
Andrew Biggs, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Some have claimed that the cuts are unmerited, given that culture funding accounts for just over 2 percent of Berlin city budget.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 6 Dec. 2024
But such intercommunal attacks, however vicious and unmerited, are not the cause of the M23 rebellion but a response to it: many Congolese of other ethnicities automatically assume local Tutsis support the rebel group and have therefore lashed out against them.
—Michela Wrong, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2023
This does not excuse the subsequent Republican descent into conspiracy-theory madness and all that has followed from that, but the kernel of mistrust at the center of that paranoiac outlook is not entirely unmerited.
—Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 26 May 2021
Beyond that, President Biden’s attacks on the court are unmerited and dangerous.
—Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 30 June 2022
My personal trials have also taught me the value of unmerited suffering.
—Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 26 Apr. 2021
The good nap alights upon you like the grace of God: weightless, unmerited, spirit-altering.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2020
JoJo is reminiscent of the donkey-saint in Robert Bresson’s Au Hasard Balthazar, a symbol of innocence, of unmerited suffering.
—Casey Gerald, The New York Review of Books, 7 Mar. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unmerited
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Nixon was in favor, but the proposal was cut down in Congress as an undeserved handout.—
Augustine Sedgewick,
Time,
13 June 2025
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Chapman’s walk-off homer, his first since June 20, 2019 with the Oakland A’s, not only gave the Giants their fourth straight win but saved Webb from an undeserved loss.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
7 June 2025
Adjective
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Yes, deploying them can help U.S. manufacturers compete against the unfair, subsidized trade practices of other countries.—
Ethan Karp,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Many prominent advocates for excluding transgender girls from sports praised Dhillon’s actions last week as a bold move to protect cisgender girls from unfair competition.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
Adjective
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Bonus: The mask is cut into two halves, so guys with beards can use it without undue grooming mishaps.—
Justin Fenner,
Robb Report,
13 June 2025
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Other clubs are present thanks to a ranking system that takes in league and continental results over the past five seasons, but even that is flawed and gives undue prominence to achievements from three or four years ago.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
13 June 2025
Adjective
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Other claims in the complaint include tortious interference and unjust enrichment.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
8 June 2025
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This amendment [fixes] that defect and allows Congress to correct the unjust legislation of the States, so far that the law which operates upon one man shall operate equally upon all.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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This unchecked growth and unjustified techno-optimism comes with incredible environmental consequences, including expanding demand for computing power, larger carbon footprints, shifts in patterns of electricity and water demands and an accelerated depletion of natural resources.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
10 June 2025
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In every other similar incident in Baltimore between 1867 and 1910, no case of unjustified use of force by a white police officer against a Black person ever got past a coroner’s jury, much less a court of law.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
5 May 2025
Adjective
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His biggest issue going into Pittsburgh last year [from Denver] was taking unwarranted sacks.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
6 June 2025
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But according to the National Tactical Officers Association, what happened next —agents using flash-bang grenades — was unwarranted.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 June 2025
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