Meanings
adjective
- deserved
It was a merited reward.
1 more example
Maloney’s moment of magic ensured they did not. For Scotland, who produced the best of what cohesive football there was on the night, it was a merited outcome.
2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of merit
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APA
merited. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/merited
MLA
“merited.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/merited. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “merited,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/merited.
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