Meritless

/ˈmɛɹɪtlɪs/

Synonyms for "meritless" (18 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Adjective(4 words)
baselessfrivolousfrivolous detailsgood-for-naught

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Adjective(5 words)

Related words (9)

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descriptive adjectivedescriptive termevaluative termnegative adjectivenegative descriptor

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meritless argumentmeritless claimmeritless conclusionmeritless proposalmeritless propositionmeritless refutationmeritless studymeritless suggestion

Collocations

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meritless argumentmeritless claimmeritless justificationmeritless proposalmeritless reasoningmeritless study

Inflections

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more meritlessmost meritless

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Otherwise, the whole claim is meritless, voided, and forfeited.

Source: tatoeba (10048957)

The lawsuit was dismissed as vexatious and meritless.

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But reformers counter that, the Garcia case aside, judges often are reluctant to exercise their power to throw out meritless lawsuits. In fact, many judges prefer to give people their day in court - and then are hesitant to alter or wipe out a jury decision.

Source: wiktionary

In listening especially carefully to well-known people, or to people at well-known schools, followers are generally behaving rationally, because such people are unusually likely to be interesting or correct, simply as a statistical matter. But there are no guarantees here, and hence arguments can be amplified even if they are meritless.

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