immeritous

I1M3M3E1R1I1T1O1U1S1

adjective

undeserving

OriginLatin immeritus →
Scrabble 14
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjectiveimmeritous (comparative more immeritous, superlative most immeritous)

comparative more immeritous · superlative most immeritous

  1. obsoleteundeserving

    his confuting hath been employed about a frothy , immeritous , and undeserving discourse

    1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinimmeritus
  2. Englishimmeritous

From Latin immeritus, from im- (“not”) + meritus, past participle of merere, mereri (“to deserve”).

More words from Latin

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

immeritous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immeritous

MLA

“immeritous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immeritous. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “immeritous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immeritous.

Source: immeritous on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.