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Synonyms & Antonyms for meritorious
Synonyms
admirable, applaudable, commendable, creditable, estimable, laudable, praiseworthy
Antonyms
censurable, discreditable, illaudable, reprehensible
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The team is also creating a Ron Bergman award, to be given annually to a journalist for meritorious contributions covering the A鈥檚. — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, "A鈥檚 do the right thing by honoring a part of their past," 21 Aug. 2019 Green was made an honorary deputy chief on Friday for his service at the annual meritorious awards ceremony for the fire department, according to the department's Facebook page. — Lauren M. Johnson, CNN, "Man made honorary deputy fire chief after visiting the firehouse almost every day for 55 years," 21 June 2019 Castro, who was inducted into the Arizona High School Athletic Association Coaches Hall of Fame in 1994 for meritorious service, was head football coach for eight years at Tempe Marcos de Niza in the 1980s. — Richard Obert, azcentral, "Former Marcos de Niza coach Frank Castro dies at 83," 13 July 2018 Defenders counter that only the most meritorious cases are funded, since anything less would make a bad investment. — Sara Randazzo, WSJ, "The New Hot Law Job: Litigation Finance," 5 July 2018 The Grand Webmaster is given a meritorious service award. — Kristina Krug, Smithsonian, "Meet the Americans Following in the Footsteps of the Knights Templar," 28 June 2018 Saudi Aramco will be honored during the annual Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) with two meritorious engineering awards from Hart Energy. — Rebecca Maitland, Houston Chronicle, "Silver Sponsor: Aramco鈥檚 technology honored for industry contributions," 29 Apr. 2018 Galanti鈥檚 removal from the K-9 unit, after 14 years of meritorious service, was retaliation, according to Omari Bervine, who leads the Fraternal Order of Transit Police. — Stu Bykofsky, Philly.com, "Abal the K-9 able to return home. Don't sweat the why and how | Stu Bykofsky," 14 Apr. 2018 Dickson, who had already been awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross for meritorious service, was on his 68th mission, just two away from being able to return home to his wife and 2-year-old daughter. — Anne Branigin, The Root, "Remains of Tuskegee Airman Missing for 73 Years May Have Finally Been Found," 9 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'meritorious.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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