immeritorious

== English == === Etymology === im- (“un-”, “not”) + meritorious (“worthy or deserving of merit”); compare the Latin immeritōrius === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĭmĕrĭtôʹrĭəs, IPA(key): /ɪmɛɹɪˈtɔːɹɪəs/ === Adjective === immeritorious (comparative more immeritorious, superlative most immeritorious) Unworthy of merit; not deserving of merit; not meritorious. 2004: Damien Géradin, Modernisation and Enlargement: Two Major Challenges for EC Competition Law, page 137 (Intersentia; →ISBN, 9050954324) As long as the defence is credible and can be reasonably substantiated so that the counterclaim is not evidently immeritorious, the attacked party has little to lose, and may gain time. ==== Derived terms ==== immeritoriously ==== Related terms ==== “†immeriˈtorious, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)