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Recent Examples of unjustified
Granting Peltier any relief from his conviction or sentence is wholly unjustified and would be an affront to the rule of law.
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Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 21 Jan. 2025
Russia is fighting a brutal and unjustified war in Ukraine.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 16 Dec. 2024
But government lawyers argued in a filing at the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that the restriction on the portion of the report about election interference charges was unnecessary and unjustified.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
Shares of Apple advanced 30% in 2024, but Moffett believes that this rally higher has been largely unjustified.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 7 Jan. 2025
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Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 21 Jan. 2025
Russia is fighting a brutal and unjustified war in Ukraine.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 16 Dec. 2024
But government lawyers argued in a filing at the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that the restriction on the portion of the report about election interference charges was unnecessary and unjustified.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
Shares of Apple advanced 30% in 2024, but Moffett believes that this rally higher has been largely unjustified.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unjustified
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In response to Kelley calling the union demands unreasonable, Lacey said the president's comments were insulting.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA TODAY,
6 Feb. 2025
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The share of frisks and fuller searches complying with the ruling — and the Constitution’s Fourth Amendment guarantee against unreasonable searches and seizures — were lower than the stop numbers.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
5 Feb. 2025
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Instead, try to ground yourself in the present and challenge irrational fears with evidence and logic.—
Amy Blankson,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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After all, mathematicians have long known that most numbers are irrational.—
Erica Klarreich,
Quanta Magazine,
8 Jan. 2025
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Nonetheless, unfounded characterizations of transgender people as terrorists, groomers or mentally unwell have accelerated in recent years, as have state and federal policies aimed at restricting trans rights.—
Odette Yousef,
NPR,
6 Feb. 2025
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Kennedy, whose confirmation hearings began Wednesday, could instead be sunk by his controversial opposition to vaccines and other long-standing public health interventions, like water fluoridation, and unfounded claims about COVID-19.—
Amina Brown,
ABC News,
3 Feb. 2025
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In arguments that frequently ridiculed the government’s case as weak and illogical, Cotter emphasized that there is a hard line between lobbying and bribery.—
Ray Long,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Jan. 2025
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Second, this rationale for regulation proved to be illogical and fatuous as conceded by U.S. Courts and the Federal Communications Commission in the decades since.—
Carine Harb,
Newsweek,
9 Jan. 2025
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In a statement, the California Legislative LGBTQ Caucus called Trump’s policy discriminatory and unwarranted.—
Andrew Sheeler,
Sacramento Bee,
29 Jan. 2025
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That fanned fears that the huge investments into AI by U.S. firms are unwarranted.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
28 Jan. 2025
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Many are under the misapprehension that reconfiguring the busing schedule would create an undue burden on the school system and wreak havoc on the school day, but this stance is uninformed and defeatist.—
Aysheh Abuarqub,
Baltimore Sun,
29 Jan. 2025
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Much of the recent unrest stems from radical organizations preying on the impressionable and uninformed, and those groups that have been working in concert to commit unlawful acts should be held fully accountable.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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The claims against Trump’s character are not groundless.—
Avi Nelson,
Boston Herald,
30 Oct. 2024
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The claims of an invasion of the Eastern seaboard by swarms of drones has every marker of a groundless social media frenzy.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Dec. 2024
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Following an August trial, Carter issued a ruling that the leases were invalid and ordered the VA to produce 750 temporary and 1,800 permanent housing units on the campus.—
Doug Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2025
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Vladimir Putin said any peace deal with Kyiv would be invalid because of a decree by Volodymyr Zelensky in comments that showed the Russian president was not interested in negotiations recognizing Ukraine as an independent state.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Unjustified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unjustified. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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