ppl. a. (UN-1 10, 5 d.)
Also absol., and with object.
1594. Zepheria, xix. No no Zepheria, fame is too rich a prize My all vnmeriting lines for to attend on.
1607. Shaks., Cor., II. i. 47. A brace of vnmeriting, proud, violent, testie Magistrates.
1795. Fate of Sedley, I. 135. Why should we conceal cur affections, when they are not improperly placed upon the unmeriting?
1827. Pollok, Course T., IX. 926. Unmeriting alike reward or blame.
1828. Pusey, Hist. Enq., I. 83. To charge heresy upon unmeriting and orthodox men.