meritless

Thân thiện

The lawyer argued that the lawsuit was meritless and should be dismissed.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Lacking merit, value, or worth: Describes something that has no positive qualities, justification, or substance. It is often used to dismiss arguments, claims, or objects as being without foundation or quality.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The court dismissed the lawsuit as a meritless claim.
  • His criticism was completely meritless and based on jealousy.
  • They abandoned the meritless project after realizing it had no chance of success.

Advanced Usage

• Legal and Formal Contexts: Frequently used in legal, academic, or formal writing to describe arguments, accusations, or applications that are unfounded.
  • The judge ruled that the appeal was meritless and frivolous.
• Emphatic Dismissal: Used to strongly reject the validity or worth of something.
  • We should ignore these meritless rumors.

Variants and Related Words

• Unmeritorious (adj): Lacking merit; often used interchangeably in formal contexts.
• Worthless (adj): Having no real value or use. (A broader synonym).
• Baseless (adj): Without foundation in fact. (Often used for claims or accusations).
• Frivolous (adj): Not having any serious purpose or value. (Common in legal contexts).

Synonyms

• Groundless
• Unfounded
• Unjustified
• Void

Related Phrases

• To be without merit: A phrase with the same meaning as the adjective "meritless."
  • The proposal was found to be without merit.
• To lack merit: Another phrasing to indicate absence of value or justification.
  • His application lacked merit and was rejected.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. without merit
   • a sorry horse
   • a sorry excuse
   • a lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick
   • the car was a no-good piece of junk

Từ đồng nghĩa

• good-for-nothing
• good-for-naught
• no-account
• no-count
• no-good
• sorry