unmerited

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1. unmerited - Adjective

2. unmerited - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

not merited or deserved

not merited

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Unjust attacks on public men do them more good than unmerited praise. Rutherford B. Hayes

Beauty is an enormous, unmerited gift given randomly, stupidly. Khaled Hosseini

Unjust attacks on public men do them more good than unmerited praise. They are hurt less by undeserved censure than by undeserved commendation. Abuse helps; often praise hurts. Rutherford B. Hayes

An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof. Walter Savage Landor

For ten years I never left my books; I went up ... and won unmerited praise. My high place I do not much prize; The joy of my parents will first make me proud. Bai Juyi

At its best, the sensation of writing is that of any unmerited grace. It is handed to you, but only if you look for it. Annie Dillard

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