as in unreasonable
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Recent Examples of unjustified
The senators, who are poised to leave for a two-week recess, argued Brown’s removal was unjustified.
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Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 11 Apr. 2025
Worst of all, local and state government agencies have shown an increasing tendency to fend off public-records requests with barriers like unjustified fees or a simple cold shoulder, letting records requests lie dormant for weeks or months with no response.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2025
The President can't abuse his power to wage an unjustified trade war that will drive up prices and put jobs on the line.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
Some evaluators believe taking him at 13 is entirely unjustified.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
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Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 11 Apr. 2025
Worst of all, local and state government agencies have shown an increasing tendency to fend off public-records requests with barriers like unjustified fees or a simple cold shoulder, letting records requests lie dormant for weeks or months with no response.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2025
The President can't abuse his power to wage an unjustified trade war that will drive up prices and put jobs on the line.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
Some evaluators believe taking him at 13 is entirely unjustified.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unjustified
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In a unanimous opinion, the justices said courts can look beyond the exact moment a police officer is using deadly force to determine if the force was unreasonable.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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Given the high degree of regulation and data privacy concerns within our industry, this isn’t an unreasonable question, to say nothing of the cost of bespoke software solutions.—
Tom Hughes,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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After a 14-year break, the Final Destination franchise returns with another installment sure to inspire a host of new irrational fears.—
EW Staff,
EW.com,
16 May 2025
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Free agency is in the distant past, the NFL Draft is in the rearview mirror and, barring any major swerves, many fans are piecing team depth charts together with irrational confidence while anxiously waiting for Wednesday’s schedule release.—
Dan Pompei,
New York Times,
12 May 2025
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For Parker, the accusation that Moretti used too much force was also unfounded.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
12 May 2025
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Creating a spinoff series around the villain who killed Rick Flagg (Joel Kinnaman) in The Suicide Squad was a bold move but my initial doubts proved unfounded.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
11 May 2025
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Pike’s stairs, however, are an M.C. Esher–esque illogical maze, full of steep drop-offs and impossible turns.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
29 Apr. 2025
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Instead—and this has been reported throughout the process of people trying to preorder a Nintendo Switch 2—individuals go through a confusing and seemingly illogical experience.—
Callum Booth,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Earlier this week, Gates took to Instagram to give his unwarranted opinion on the couple’s relationship.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Congratulations to Harvard University for fighting back against the Trump administration’s unseemly efforts to use federal dollars to try to exert unwarranted control over higher education.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
15 Apr. 2025
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This can lead to uninformed or risky governance proposals around treatment protocols or data use.—
Chrissa McFarlane,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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Cutting away advisory panels hurts everyone and leaves the U.S. government uninformed when making critical decisions that affect millions of lives, alongside a public left in the dark about what advice agencies do receive.—
Dan Vergano,
Scientific American,
23 Apr. 2025
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The site has a history of promoting groundless conspiracy theories.—
Tom Dreisbach,
NPR,
20 Feb. 2025
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On Thursday, Gottlieb and Hudson blasted the lawsuit as legally groundless and an effort to silence the actress.—
Daniel S. Levine,
People.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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As a junior at Yale, Yung had become a citizen in the 1850s, but in the harsher legal climate of 1898 the State Department decided his citizenship was invalid.—
Steve Inskeep,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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When Min’s wealthy grandmother (Youn Yuh-jung) pressures him to leave his artist life behind for an important role in the family’s corporation in Korea, Min scrambles to find a way to stay in the U.S., given that his student visa is about to become invalid.—
Abigail Lee,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Unjustified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unjustified. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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