"unmeritingly" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˌʌnˈmɛɹɪtɪŋli/ Forms: more unmeritingly [comparative], most unmeritingly [superlative]
Etymology: unmeriting + -ly Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|unmeriting|ly}} unmeriting + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} unmeritingly (comparative more unmeritingly, superlative most unmeritingly)
  1. undeservedly
    Sense id: en-unmeritingly-en-adv-H4j23TTo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly

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          "text": "It was no loss to society that Buckingham failed and fell. He was not the man to regenerate the nobility of England, or to plant moral principles on its throne. Yet, altho he perished, neither lamented nor unmeritingly, it was he that wove the plans and made the cords, which pulled down Richard from his state.",
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