without reason

idiom

: without having a reason for something
You can be fired without reason.

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Still, UnitedHealthcare and other insurers have become easy targets for patient frustration — and not without reason, according to industry experts. Annika Kim Constantino,ashley Capoot, CNBC, 22 May 2025 The Scotch whisky cask investment sector has seen its fair share of significant negative press recently, and not without reason. Felipe Schrieberg, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025 In the 1960s and 1970s, Americans came increasingly to distrust their government, and not without reason. Robert C. Lieberman, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2011 The latter sees the former as the man who invaded his country mercilessly without reason, and relentlessly bombs children, every night. Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 12 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for without reason

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“Without reason.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/without%20reason. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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