1. unmerited - Adjective
2. unmerited - Adjective Satellite
not merited or deserved
not merited
Source: WordNetUnjust 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