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Recent Examples of unjustified
Russian President Vladimir Putin faced criticism over the conflict, as many world leaders view the invasion as unjustified and in violation of Ukraine's sovereignty.
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Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
Patrick Hendry, the president of the Police Benevolent Association, the union that represents NYPD officers, believes the charges against Alongi and Cianfrocco are unjustified and unfair.
—Mason Leath, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2025
This reaction isn’t entirely unjustified when examining most of the 80-proof bottles on the market.
—Chris Perugini, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Tesla hired a trio of prominent new lawyers and asked a judge to find the verdict legally unjustified and throw out the case, or to order a new trial.
—Abhirup Roy, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
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Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
Patrick Hendry, the president of the Police Benevolent Association, the union that represents NYPD officers, believes the charges against Alongi and Cianfrocco are unjustified and unfair.
—Mason Leath, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2025
This reaction isn’t entirely unjustified when examining most of the 80-proof bottles on the market.
—Chris Perugini, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Tesla hired a trio of prominent new lawyers and asked a judge to find the verdict legally unjustified and throw out the case, or to order a new trial.
—Abhirup Roy, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unjustified
Adjective
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That seems unreasonable given how weak this group has been.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
20 Oct. 2025
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This decision places an unreasonable financial burden on agencies and managers who are already navigating a fragile market.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The study, published on the research platform arXiv, found that once the models were allowed to vary their bets and set their own targets, irrational behavior surged — and bankruptcy became a common outcome.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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Poetry brings hope, not an irrational optimism or wishful thinking, but a positive orientation to the future, of what a better, healthier future would look like.—
K.J.S. “Sunny” Anand,
Time,
15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Kennedy has come under criticism for vaccine skepticism and repeating unfounded claims about the causes of autism.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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However, a new report by the BBC has found that such fears are likely exaggerated or unfounded.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Oct. 2025
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Word also, unfortunately, retains some seemingly illogical features from versions that date back several decades.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
18 Oct. 2025
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The film had transformed from the messy, illogical version I’d first seen into a hilarious, shrewd, contemplative work of art.—
Susan Orlean,
New Yorker,
11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Due process would allow for potential Cinnas to demonstrate innocence and remove themselves from the unwarranted threat; without it, everyone is imperiled.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Oct. 2025
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His optimism is not unwarranted.—
Ni Tao,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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This would prevent arbitrary or uninformed measures from being taken.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
16 Oct. 2025
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Far from being uninformed cranks, many of the people embracing Luddism grew up with smartphones and know all too well how enticing (and overwhelming) the technology can be.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Earlier this week, Sulton said the new criminal case is groundless and accused prosecutors of bringing additional charges because Spencer rejected a plea deal on the first case.—
Vanessa Swales,
jsonline.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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The most extreme version of this debate over Kirk’s views on Israel emerged with shocking velocity after his death, in the form of groundless claims that he’d been killed by the Israelis.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The science author Stuart Clark notes that the concept was nonsensical to contemporary scientists, who assumed that magnetism could not break free from a magnet and that the Sun’s energy radiated equally across its surface.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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Concerned friends, both mine and his, counseled against him posting rambling, nonsensical monologues, and about his drug use.—
Coley Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Unjustified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unjustified. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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