unmerited
Example Sentences
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McGregor’s dad even suggests driving through a herd of small stegosauruses, insisting with unmerited optimism that they’ll simply move out of the way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
The miracle of freedom, he writes, is “an unmerited gift, a hard-won achievement, and a condition in need of defense.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025
"It has also led to the unmerited targeting of me, personally, by certain participants and pundits," he added.
From BBC ● May 3, 2024
One more day of unmerited grace in which we might enflesh in this world slightly more mercy than the suffering we cause.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2023
And history has proven over and over again that unmerited suffering is redemptive.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
