meritless

1. 1.

   without merit; of little or no value or use

   “a sorry horse”

   “a sorry excuse”

   “a lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick”

   “the car was a no-good piece of junk”

   Synonymsgood-for-nothinggood-for-naughtno-accountno-countno-goodsorry

   Similarworthless

Questions about meritless

What does meritless mean?

meritless means "without merit; of little or no value or use".

How many syllables are in meritless?

meritless has 3 syllables: mer-it-less. The stress falls on "mer". In IPA it is /ˈmɛɹɪtləs/.

What is another word for meritless?

Close synonyms include good-for-nothing, good-for-naught, no-account, no-count, no-good. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is meritless a common word?

meritless is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.