verb/desmeɾeˈθeɾ/
to criticize; to belittle; to play down; to downplay
“Un grupillo en todo caso exiguo, marginal y desmerecido sin credibilidad ni prestigio alguno para nadie a fecha del año 2020.” — A small group that is in any case meager, marginal, unworthy, and without credibility or any prestige of any kind as of 2020.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old Spanish des- Spanish des- Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- Proto-Indo-European *(s)mr̥-éh₁-yeti Proto-Italic *merējō Proto-Italic *merēō Latin merēre Vulgar Latin *merēscere Spanish merecer Spanish desmerecer From des- + merecer.