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Recent Examples of unmerited
Now, half a century ago, Congress realized that Social Security benefit windfalls for public sector employees were costly, unnecessary and unmerited.
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Andrew Biggs, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Some have claimed that the cuts are unmerited, given that culture funding accounts for just over 2 percent of Berlin city budget.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 6 Dec. 2024
But such intercommunal attacks, however vicious and unmerited, are not the cause of the M23 rebellion but a response to it: many Congolese of other ethnicities automatically assume local Tutsis support the rebel group and have therefore lashed out against them.
—Michela Wrong, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2023
This does not excuse the subsequent Republican descent into conspiracy-theory madness and all that has followed from that, but the kernel of mistrust at the center of that paranoiac outlook is not entirely unmerited.
—Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 26 May 2021
Beyond that, President Biden’s attacks on the court are unmerited and dangerous.
—Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 30 June 2022
My personal trials have also taught me the value of unmerited suffering.
—Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 26 Apr. 2021
The good nap alights upon you like the grace of God: weightless, unmerited, spirit-altering.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2020
JoJo is reminiscent of the donkey-saint in Robert Bresson’s Au Hasard Balthazar, a symbol of innocence, of unmerited suffering.
—Casey Gerald, The New York Review of Books, 7 Mar. 2020
Andrew Biggs, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Some have claimed that the cuts are unmerited, given that culture funding accounts for just over 2 percent of Berlin city budget.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 6 Dec. 2024
But such intercommunal attacks, however vicious and unmerited, are not the cause of the M23 rebellion but a response to it: many Congolese of other ethnicities automatically assume local Tutsis support the rebel group and have therefore lashed out against them.
—Michela Wrong, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2023
This does not excuse the subsequent Republican descent into conspiracy-theory madness and all that has followed from that, but the kernel of mistrust at the center of that paranoiac outlook is not entirely unmerited.
—Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 26 May 2021
Beyond that, President Biden’s attacks on the court are unmerited and dangerous.
—Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 30 June 2022
My personal trials have also taught me the value of unmerited suffering.
—Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 26 Apr. 2021
The good nap alights upon you like the grace of God: weightless, unmerited, spirit-altering.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2020
JoJo is reminiscent of the donkey-saint in Robert Bresson’s Au Hasard Balthazar, a symbol of innocence, of unmerited suffering.
—Casey Gerald, The New York Review of Books, 7 Mar. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unmerited
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That praise isn’t undeserved, by any means, especially since Adrien Brody gives a flawless performance as a brilliant Hungarian architect — an artist of genius — struggling to put his stamp on the American landscape in the years after World War II.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
3 Jan. 2025
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At the end of the 1972-73 season an ailing Law suffered the undeserved indignity of learning from a television report that he had been allowed to leave Old Trafford on a free transfer.—
Sam Pilger,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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Critics argue that data does not show transgender athletes have any advantage and that this pushback is unfair to the transgender community.—
Kayla Gaskins,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Feb. 2025
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Adding the Cardinals star to a Dodgers roster that's already the clear top unit in the league would be borderline unfair.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Musk, a billionaire with a history of prioritizing personal and corporate interests over public well-being, now has undue influence in critical government functions.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2025
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These penalties are designed to limit any undue advantage manufacturers might gain, maintaining a level playing field for all involved.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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If your work begins veering away from your values, that’s the space to occupy — where awareness of injustice remains acute; where ethical choices, however small, still exist; and where individual acts of conscience, even within an unjust system, can make a meaningful difference in people’s lives.—
Eric Muller,
The Mercury News,
26 Jan. 2025
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Handy grew up in Kansas City, Kansas and like a lot of other teens in the late 90s and early 2000s, aspired to become the next big hip-hop artist using his lyrics to share stories of protest and resistance against an unjust system.—
J.M. Banks,
Kansas City Star,
25 Jan. 2025
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Trade groups representing banks fought these regulations in court, fending off rules that would have saved Americans billions of dollars in fees but that the industry called poorly considered or unjustified.—
Hugh Son,
CNBC,
3 Feb. 2025
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To have done anything less would have been an admission that there was something wrong with what his supporters did on Jan. 6, or that the cause of overturning the 2020 election was somehow unjustified, or that anyone defending Mr. Trump’s view of the world had erred.—
Jonathan Swan,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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In a statement, the California Legislative LGBTQ Caucus called Trump’s policy discriminatory and unwarranted.—
Andrew Sheeler,
Sacramento Bee,
29 Jan. 2025
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That fanned fears that the huge investments into AI by U.S. firms are unwarranted.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
28 Jan. 2025
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