unmerited
adjective
formaluk/ˌʌnˈmer.ɪ.tɪd/us/ˌʌnˈmer.ɪ.t̬ɪd/that is notdeserved:
Hisreputationas being apersonwho isdifficulttoworkwith istotallyunmerited, and really he is just abitshy.
She was a veryhumblepersonandinsistedthat all thepraiseshereceivedwas unmerited.
- As aproudman, hefoundthe unmeritedpunishmentto be veryupsetting.
- Shefoughtalongcampaignto have the unmeritedcriticismswithdrawn.
- Thenicknamehe had atschoolwas notkindbut also not unmerited.
Deserving and deserved
- birthright
- come
- comeuppance
- deserts
- deserve
- deserved
- deserving
- getyourjust desertsidiom
- had it coming (toyou)idiom
- hard-earned
- he/shedeserves whatever/everythinghe/shegetsidiom
- just
- serve
- servesomeonerightidiom
- undeserved
- undeservedly
- undeserving
- undeservingly
- well earned
- worthy