How to Use unjustified in a Sentence

unjustified

adjective
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  • And the utility has no right and should have no right to claw those savings back in the form of unjustified charges.
    — Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 21 Nov. 2019
  • The desire of some jurisdictions to leave a state, or of a state to leave the Union, is unjustified.
    — Miles Smith Iv, National Review, 16 Jan. 2023
  • The preseason hype has proven unjustified, but may yet pan out down the line.
    — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Oct. 2021
  • In the weeks since the election was called, Mr. Trump’s supporters have seen more unjustified slights to him.
    — New York Times, 27 Jan. 2021
  • Democrats have criticized the strike to kill Soleimani as risky and unjustified.
    — Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner, 13 Feb. 2020
  • Shearing argues that some of the gloom and doom is unjustified.
    — Charles Riley, CNN, 14 Aug. 2019
  • Ward's mother, Eboni West, said the video shows the shooting was unjustified.
    — Fox News, 23 Apr. 2018
  • The first six months of the year also saw a decline in unjustified field interviews from about 38% to about 21%.
    — Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2021
  • Putin, of course, has sought to blame the war on the unjustified expansion of NATO, among other things.
    — Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 20 Sep. 2023
  • But based on the videos alone, the Kenosha police shooting of Jacob Blake appears to be unjustified.
    — J.d. Crowe | Jdcrowe@al.com, al, 27 Aug. 2020
  • Raja, 40, was charged two years ago after a grand jury found the use of force was unjustified.
    — Marc Freeman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 21 June 2018
  • That isn't a totally unjustified fear: The wrong wallpaper in the wrong room can at best, transport you back in time and at worst, give you a headache.
    — Maggie Burch, House Beautiful, 14 Dec. 2018
  • My friend died an honorable death in that duel, and the Shogun was not unjustified in her conduct.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 31 May 2021
  • To members of the Majali tribe, the manner of the arrests seemed unjustified and unseemly.
    — New York Times, 10 Apr. 2021
  • The Commission says the level of these fees is unjustified.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 24 June 2024
  • In doing this, the athletes waive their rights to bring their case to courts in their home countries, and Pechstein thought stripping her of that right was unjustified.
    — Juliet MacUr, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2018
  • Co-counsel Allen Sawyer said the $50-million bail bond is unjustified and that Garcia does not have access to the church’s bank accounts.
    — Leila Miller, latimes.com, 7 June 2019
  • The suit, which names the city of Farmington and the three officers who fired as defendants, alleges that the killing was unjustified.
    — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The newspaper has also said that the raid was unjustified.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 20 Sep. 2023
  • The suit claims Jaehnen used excessive and unjustified deadly force in the shooting.
    — Michael Brown, Cincinnati.com, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Use-of-force experts said the shooting appeared to be unjustified.
    — Russ Bynum and Jim Mustian, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 June 2024
  • There is no reason to think that those concerns are unjustified.
    — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 30 July 2021
  • The company’s lawyer said the decision was a shock and unjustified.
    — Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2020
  • King: This is not the first case where an unarmed black man was killed, where people think unfairly, unjustified.
    — CBS News, 8 June 2020
  • Merritt said the videos show an unjustified use of force because the officers were not in imminent threat of death.
    — Safia Samee Ali, NBC News, 14 June 2022
  • Cheryl Dorsey agreed that McBride’s latter shots were unjustified.
    — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2020
  • And the decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq.
    — Dallas News, 19 May 2022
  • The seriousness with which the warnings were taken did not seem unjustified in this area.
    — Washington Post, 4 May 2021
  • The shooting caused controversy for its involvement of out-of-town police and the family and activists have described it as unjustified.
    — David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2024
  • There are folks across the country sounding alarms, for political expediency, that are frankly unjustified.
    — Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 6 Sep. 2024

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