unwarranted
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7.0
- adjective
- /ʌnˈwɔːrənɪtɪd/
:
injustificado
- They're worried their kids will feel unsafe, and obviously, that's not, you know, completely unwarranted.
- unwarranted assumption
- unwarranted intrusion
- unwarranted comments
And as I said, a phobia is a persistent, strong, unwarranted fear of a specific object or situation.
- And as I said, a phobia is a persistent, strong, unwarranted fear of a specific object or situation.
- And so to what degree are we led by considerations of short term propitiation of unwarranted fear?
- And there is a certain amount of ridicule which will be completely unwarranted that anyone must endure for it.
- So any point that we gave Dell earlier in the series for not forcing their warranty down our throat were unwarranted.
- Even before that, even before that, we should go back and ask about perhaps assumptions that we made which were unwarranted.
- In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex.
- Yeah, the spursions that were cast were unwarranted.
Examples
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Have you ever heard other students at your school make negative, unwarranted comments about multiracial students?
Academic text (2013) -
This concern of yours for propriety is unwarranted.
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And where we will no longer accept unwarranted variation in performance between trusts.
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Increases in the payroll tax are usually opposed by businesses as an unwarranted added labor cost.
Academic text (1990) -
I think there has been unwarranted sensationalism around these crimes.
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Your criticisms are premature and unwarranted.
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Arizona contends the decree amounts to an unwarranted federal intrusion on the state's management of its prison system.
Academic text (1995) -
All too often, non-Native standards of proper child-rearing are applied to Native families, resulting in unwarranted apprehensions of Native children.
Academic text (2017) -
The teacher explained that the student's unwarranted absence from class would affect his grade.
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Many people felt that the criticism of the artist was unwarranted, given the quality of his work.
Synonyms
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3.0
Not fair or too much for the situation
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5.6
No facts or proof support it
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6.0
More than is reasonable or needed
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7.7
Not needed and done for no good reason
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5.0
Has no facts or good reasons to support it
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7.5
People cannot show a decision or action is right when others criticize it
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6.5
Happening for no clear reason
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5.1
Not appropriate or needed for the situation
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4.8
Not having a good reason for something
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8.2
Happens without a court or police order
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4.2
A reward or punishment someone does not earn and that is not fair
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6.7
Has no facts or good reason to support it
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6.8
You cannot show it is right or acceptable
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6.8
No one can show it is right
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7.8
Impossible to defend or accept without proof
1
7.6
Not deserved because there is no good reason
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7.5
Not based on careful thinking or facts
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9.2
Cannot be shown to be right or fair
Describes an absence or action with no permission and no good reason
Antonyms
How Justified
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4.1
19
5.5
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3.9
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7.0
1
9.2
24
7.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
unwarranted = warranted (transparent) = un + warrant + ed
A productive negative formation: 'un-' negates the participial/adjectival 'warranted' (justified), yielding 'not justified'.
Etymology
The word unwarranted is made of un- 'not' and warrant 'a guarantee or official permission', like a legal warrant or a product warranty. So, unwarranted describes something 'not justified' or done 'without a good reason or permission'.