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Definition of “well-merited”

well-merited

Definitions

adjective

  1. fully deserved or merited

Example Sentences Including 'well-merited'

For his gallantry he was awarded a well-merited Victoria Cross.
Bramson, Alan Pure Luck - the authorized biography of Sir Thomas Sopwith CBE
It took the reactions of Cudicini to deny him a well-merited winner with one fierce strike from the angle of the box.
Sun, News of the World (2002)
The prime minister was deeply cognisant of the general (and well-merited ) opposition of the western intelligentsia to what she had done.
India Today (2000)
Uniquely, Agassi achieved them on different surfaces to claim a well-merited place in the history books.
Misc (1999)
Yet they would definitely have bagged a well-merited victory had it not been for Cudicini's heroics to keep it goalless.
Sun, News of the World (2002)

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