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.
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 governor there has called the deployment of military troops to Portland unwarranted, and the Oregon attorney general has filed a lawsuit trying to block the deployment.
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Umpires take a lot of unwarranted criticism across Major League Baseball, but this is one instance where Scott Barry deserves to take some heat for this decision.
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Though his paranoia is not unwarranted.
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Top Democrats and former President Obama have all said the decision to remove Kimmel from the airwaves was unfair and unwarranted.
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Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2025
Umpires take a lot of unwarranted criticism across Major League Baseball, but this is one instance where Scott Barry deserves to take some heat for this decision.
—Drew Vonscio, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Though his paranoia is not unwarranted.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Top Democrats and former President Obama have all said the decision to remove Kimmel from the airwaves was unfair and unwarranted.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 19 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unwarranted
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“Unwarranted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unwarranted. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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