Difference between Unmerited and Unworthy

What is the difference between Unmerited and Unworthy?

Unmerited as an adjective is not merited while Unworthy as an adjective is not worthy; lacking value or merit; worthless.

Unmerited

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Not merited

Unworthy

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Not worthy; lacking value or merit; worthless.

Example sentence: If ever I feel the soul within me elevate and expand to those dimensions not wholly unworthy of its Almighty Architect, it is when I contemplate the cause of my country, deserted by all the world beside, and I standing up boldly and lone and hurling defiance at her victorious oppressors.

We hope you now know whether to use Unmerited or Unworthy in your sentence.

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