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Recent Examples of unjustified
All this despite an abundance of video evidence suggesting that Good’s killing was unjustified.
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The Week Uk, TheWeek, 17 Jan. 2026
Polls show that by wide margins Americans believe Good’s shooting was unjustified.
—Jackie Calmes, Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2026
New polling finds most American voters think the shooting was unjustified.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 14 Jan. 2026
Federal authorities have said the agent acted in self-defense, while city and state leaders have called the shooting an unjustified attack.
—Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register, 9 Jan. 2026
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The Week Uk, TheWeek, 17 Jan. 2026
Polls show that by wide margins Americans believe Good’s shooting was unjustified.
—Jackie Calmes, Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2026
New polling finds most American voters think the shooting was unjustified.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 14 Jan. 2026
Federal authorities have said the agent acted in self-defense, while city and state leaders have called the shooting an unjustified attack.
—Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register, 9 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unjustified
Adjective
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The Fourth Amendment protects people against unreasonable searches and seizures.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
6 Feb. 2026
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Those are clear violations of the Fourth Amendment’s safeguards against unreasonable searches and seizures, which were adopted to prevent the exercise of arbitrary government power.—
Yohuru Williams,
The Conversation,
4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The move would be both economically irrational and morally obtuse.—
Ruth Jean-Marie,
Time,
3 Feb. 2026
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Decisions were made by his staffers in his name that, while politically objectionable to those on the other side, were not inherently irrational.—
Bradley Gitz,
Arkansas Online,
2 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Then $1,500 for Noma stateside isn’t entirely unfounded.—
Emily Wilson,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
26 Jan. 2026
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These fears are not unfounded, said Rhiannon Batchelder, a career coach based in Denver.—
Annie Nova,
CNBC,
24 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Contrary to Arya’s point, the current volatility may be seen as risk repricing under uncertainty, rather than as an illogical or paradoxical conclusion.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
4 Feb. 2026
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Saving constitutes such a huge, key chunk of life that spending can feel illogical and wrong.—
Steve Booren,
Denver Post,
18 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Even for a guy like AJ, that stuff is unwarranted.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Other state laws also set boundaries to protect the public from unwarranted violations of privacy and civil rights.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Feb. 2026
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They are left uninformed about what IRS notices signify, which enforcement measures are possible, and what outcomes can realistically be achieved.—
Kaitlyn Gomez,
USA Today,
19 Jan. 2026
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Education isn’t a cure-all, but uninformed workers are more exploitable.—
Terri Gerstein,
New York Daily News,
13 Jan. 2026
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Lawmakers, judges and other public servants, all under groundless presidential attack.—
James D. Zirin,
Washington Post,
3 Feb. 2026
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Similarly, the course of action that will bring recovery—reviving domestic manufacturing, revitalizing small towns, ensuring fairness for farmers and working people—is not an impossibility that will poison our minds with groundless optimism.—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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McAdams, who did yeoman’s work in Raimi’s previous movie (the aforementioned Marvel sequel), is the perfect fit for this kind of nonsensical Hollywood role.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
31 Jan. 2026
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As nonsensical as this question may seem, attempts to answer it are already offering new and surprising lessons about the quantum world.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Unjustified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unjustified. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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