unmeritorious

1. 1.

   without merit

   “protect...from unmeritorious criticism”

   Similarunworthy

Questions about unmeritorious

What does unmeritorious mean?

unmeritorious means "without merit".

How many syllables are in unmeritorious?

unmeritorious has 6 syllables and divides as un-me-ri-to-ri-ous under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is unmeritorious a common word?

unmeritorious 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.