unwarranted
adjective
un·war·rant·ed
ˌən-ˈwȯr-ən-təd 
-ˈwär-
: lacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified
unwarranted fears
an unwarranted intrusion
Their criticism is unwarranted.
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Examples of unwarranted in a Sentence
the committee concluded that any further revisions to the regulations were currently unwarranted
don't leap to unwarranted conclusions
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The court ruled that, with no immediate threat from the SEC, the lawsuit was unwarranted.
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Tonya Evans, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
My concern — that Princess Zelda was being handled, perhaps, with kid-gloves, and that even her own game must express surprise at her accomplishments — would prove unwarranted.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
Great-power conflict is increasingly debated but remains essentially unpredictable; narratives of inevitability remain unwarranted in our view.
—Kristine Gill, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2024
Partly as a result of this, and partly because of its emotionally potent subject matter, the field is extremely susceptible to unwarranted anthropomorphic interpretations.
—Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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Tonya Evans, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
My concern — that Princess Zelda was being handled, perhaps, with kid-gloves, and that even her own game must express surprise at her accomplishments — would prove unwarranted.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
Great-power conflict is increasingly debated but remains essentially unpredictable; narratives of inevitability remain unwarranted in our view.
—Kristine Gill, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2024
Partly as a result of this, and partly because of its emotionally potent subject matter, the field is extremely susceptible to unwarranted anthropomorphic interpretations.
—Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Unwarranted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unwarranted. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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