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Recent Examples of unjustified
Broken down by party, 6 percent of Republicans see the charges to be unjustified, while 92 percent of Democrats feel the same.
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Ryan Mancini, The Hill, 23 Oct. 2025
For Jones, the decision felt unjustified.
—Matti Gellman, Kansas City Star, 13 Oct. 2025
Some American trade groups consider that a poor batting average that has resulted in more unjustified seizures than actual hits, making it, in turn, bad for business.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
These companies benefit from the speed and cost savings of blockchain payments, without the constant fear of account closures or unjustified delays.
—Sonia Osorio, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
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Ryan Mancini, The Hill, 23 Oct. 2025
For Jones, the decision felt unjustified.
—Matti Gellman, Kansas City Star, 13 Oct. 2025
Some American trade groups consider that a poor batting average that has resulted in more unjustified seizures than actual hits, making it, in turn, bad for business.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
These companies benefit from the speed and cost savings of blockchain payments, without the constant fear of account closures or unjustified delays.
—Sonia Osorio, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unjustified
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Importantly, the president already has full legal authority to impose tariffs when other nations’ behavior places an unreasonable burden on our economy, including through environmental negligence.—
Chip Lamarca,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Jan. 2026
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The logic was that Spirit had projected the league would grow at a rate that the league itself found unreasonable, and so would not be able to field a team while also paying Rodman.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
4 Jan. 2026
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Cramer warned that these moments can feel chaotic — even irrational — but are often driven by valuation extremes finally snapping back toward equilibrium.—
Luke Fountain,
CNBC,
8 Jan. 2026
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Often, these unjustifiable fears arise simply because people draw irrational conclusions from rational concerns.—
Jody Mamone,
Hartford Courant,
2 Jan. 2026
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The law was based on fears of espionage after the attack, which were generally unfounded.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
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This homeowner's unfounded accusation that our office violated this obligation is untrue and personally offensive.—
Olivia Young,
CBS News,
2 Jan. 2026
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However, the market is made up of both sensible and irrational participants, and all of that action, both the logical and illogical, is going to be reflected in the stock chart.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
30 Dec. 2025
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Yet the Administration not only acts as if residency is a magic condition but offers a completely illogical and contradictory definition of what residency is.—
Amy Davidson Sorkin,
New Yorker,
8 Dec. 2025
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However, videos taken by eyewitnesses have led many to decry the shooting as unwarranted.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
8 Jan. 2026
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Democrats pushed back, specifically leaders in New Orleans who said a deployment was unwarranted.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
30 Dec. 2025
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In fact, Gerrod Moore, a brand manager of Maytag advises against uninformed stainless steel cleaning experimentation, because some kitchen cleaning go-to's like bleach, glass cleaner, abrasive cleaners, and steel wool may damage the metal.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
9 Nov. 2025
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Next came a disastrous interview with CBS’s Katie Couric in which Palin seemed to reveal herself to be uninformed and blithely incurious about most things unrelated to Alaska.—
Time,
Time,
3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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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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Those fears weren’t groundless: Research shows that people aren’t especially good at identifying deepfakes.—
Francesco Agnellini,
The Conversation,
24 Nov. 2025
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The speed at which Gen Alpha has been churning out new, often nonsensical, slang has been fast and furious throughout 2025.—
Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
31 Dec. 2025
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According to Sameer Vohra, pediatrician and director of the Illinois Department of Health, HHS’ logic is nonsensical.—
Eli Cahan,
Rolling Stone,
19 Dec. 2025
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“Unjustified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unjustified. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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