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