Antonyms for meritorious
ˌmɛr ɪˈtɔr i əs, -ˈtoʊr-mer·i·to·ri·ous

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1. meritoriousadjective

   Antonyms:
   immeritorious

2. meritoriousadjective

   The policeman received the Award of Meritorious Service from his grateful department.

   Antonyms:
   immeritorious

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1. meritorious

   Antonyms:
   abominable, criminal, culpable, felonious, flagitious, guilty, illegal, immoral, iniquitous, nefarious, sinful, unlawful, vicious, vile, wicked, wrong

   Synonyms:
   innocent, just, lawful, legal, moral, right, virtuous

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1. meritorious, meritableadjective

   deserving reward or praise

   "a lifetime of meritorious service"; "meritorious conduct"

   Antonyms:
   unworthy

   Synonyms:
   meritable

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1. meritoriousadjective

   Synonyms:
   worthy, commendable, meedful, deserving

How to use meritorious in a sentence?

1. Brian Kammer:

   Commuting his sentence would honor his very meritorious service to this country, we should not be executing those we sent into harm’s way and who were deeply wounded, physically and mentally.

2. Brock Martland:

   If time marches on and more things are said and it becomes clear this isn't a meritorious prosecution they're running ... that could lead the minister to say, 'At the end of the day, I'm not prepared to order surrender, here'.

3. Brad Sherman:

   Let's face it, this mission was fraught with peril, because there's no way to flee without causing a stampede, and there's no way to have a stampede that's orderly and meritorious.

4. Catherine Rampell:

   There are good ways to spend a huge sum of money, the kind of media coverage we have been getting doesn't really explore whether the kinds of things that are in this bill are meritorious or not … Instead, it's about the number.

5. Caroline Heldman:

   My work is very much driven by the fact that we don't live in a meritorious society and some people are more likely to experience pain and suffering than others, a lot of us are very comfortable acknowledging that given certain circumstances, we could be in the same bad situation as someone else. But it's more than that -- it's about seeing yourself in others.

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