1640s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of merit (v.).
"An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof. If you reject it you are unhappy, if you accept it you are undone." [Walter Savage Landor, "Imaginary Conversations"]
双语例句
1. In fact the pressure comes from subjective feelings and the aftermath of the unmerited reaction.
真正的压力来自主观的感受,或者反应不当所带来的后果.
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2. Nothing but contempt is due to those people who ask us to submit to unmerited oppression.
