"immeritorious" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ɪmɛɹɪˈtɔːɹɪəs/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: more immeritorious [comparative], most immeritorious [superlative]
enPR: ĭmĕrĭtôʹrĭəs [Received-Pronunciation] Etymology: im- (“un-”, “not”) + meritorious (“worthy or deserving of merit”); compare the Latin immeritōrius Etymology templates: {{cog|la|immeritōrius}} Latin immeritōrius Head templates: {{en-adj}} immeritorious (comparative more immeritorious, superlative most immeritorious)
  1. Unworthy of merit; not deserving of merit; not meritorious. Derived forms: immeritoriously Related terms: “†immeriˈtorious, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
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