How to Use unwarranted in a Sentence

unwarranted

adjective
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  • For the most part, the concerns have proved to be unwarranted.
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2021
  • The Times learned that the deal should close north of $70 million — a hefty sum, but not unwarranted.
    — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2022
  • Landry said the backlash against the law is unwarranted.
    — Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2024
  • As much as many hope that the U.S. will wake up to its unwarranted smugness, most don’t want to see the nation fail.
    — Yasmine Al-Sayyad, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2020
  • The framers’ fail-safe – the idea that the citizen-soldiers might refuse to fight in an unjust or unwarranted war – is gone, too.
    — Dwight Stirling, The Conversation, 2 Mar. 2020
  • The high regard for Mount St. Mary’s is not unwarranted.
    — Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 24 Nov. 2020
  • And for those doubters out there, do not judge or cast unwarranted comments and opinions ...
    — John Sinnott, CNN, 28 Dec. 2020
  • And perhaps, in the heat of an emotional game, the penalty was unwarranted.
    — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2021
  • The optimism wasn’t unwarranted; Saw X landed the best reviews of any film in the series.
    — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Oct. 2023
  • Others stressed that the outsize reaction is unwarranted since this is just a draft bill and may never even see the light of day.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz India, 18 July 2019
  • There might be some early missteps, but the Rams will show that talk of a post-Super Bowl letdown was unwarranted.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2019
  • The replay showed Pepe’s dive to be both unwarranted and theatrical, and the goal correctly stood.
    — Martin Rogers, USA TODAY, 23 June 2018
  • Their lawyers are still trying to get the case thrown out, arguing the charges are overreaching and unwarranted.
    — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Putin added that Iran was still complying with the terms of the nuclear deal and called U.S. sanctions against the country unwarranted.
    — CBS News, 20 June 2019
  • Attacks are rare, but the woman’s fear is not unwarranted.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2020
  • However, this is one line move that feels a bit unwarranted.
    — Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2023
  • Fact #1: This baseless lawsuit by Pras is full of false claims and unwarranted attacks.
    — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 1 Oct. 2024
  • And yet the inference to many monkeys is still unwarranted.
    — Philip Goff, Scientific American, 10 Jan. 2021
  • But Kendall’s unwarranted hubris isn’t unique to him within the family.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2021
  • But that may have been unwarranted if those problems were due to sabotage.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 18 June 2018
  • Some of the drama is unwarranted and some Jackson has brought upon himself.
    — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 27 Nov. 2021
  • Now Vance seems to be referring to the same idea, that Mountain Dew is a drink for hillbillies, and thus a source of unwarranted derision.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 23 July 2024
  • Jim Cramer said that the market's reaction is unwarranted, and shares of the portfolio name should be higher.
    — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 22 July 2024
  • During a press conference, Christie says that the backlash over the beach photos was unwarranted.
    — CNN, 19 Aug. 2021
  • The second reason panic is unwarranted has to do with 2024.
    — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 18 Oct. 2021
  • The department later apologized and said the use of tear gas was unwarranted.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 25 July 2022
  • The investigators also wrote in court records that the charges against the woman were unwarranted.
    — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 4 Aug. 2020
  • Jussie and many others were hurt by these unfair and unwarranted actions.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 26 Mar. 2019
  • Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther has said the shooting was unwarranted and that officers on the scene failed to provide medical assistance.
    — Deon J. Hampton, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Some people already have unwarranted skepticism about the electoral process.
    — Michael T. Morley, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2024

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