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Recent Examples of unjustified
In such cases, deadly force is unnecessary – a key consideration in law and ethics that can render force unjustified.
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Ben Jones, The Conversation, 8 Jan. 2026
While federal officials quickly defended the agent’s actions, local leaders called the shooting unjustified.
—Claudia Lauer, Twin Cities, 8 Jan. 2026
Saw my brothers die, saw civilians being caught in the crossfire all for an unjustified war.
—Tara Suter, The Hill, 5 Jan. 2026
Bettinelli’s fears aren’t unjustified.
—Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 28 Nov. 2025
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Ben Jones, The Conversation, 8 Jan. 2026
While federal officials quickly defended the agent’s actions, local leaders called the shooting unjustified.
—Claudia Lauer, Twin Cities, 8 Jan. 2026
Saw my brothers die, saw civilians being caught in the crossfire all for an unjustified war.
—Tara Suter, The Hill, 5 Jan. 2026
Bettinelli’s fears aren’t unjustified.
—Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 28 Nov. 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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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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Kennedy’s willfully uninformed rhetoric on antidepressants is going to cost lives.—
Stephen B. Soumerai,
STAT,
7 Jan. 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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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 strange words, nonsensical games and creative play of your childhood might seem ridiculous today.—
Rebekah Willett,
Fortune,
9 Jan. 2026
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Such a result would be nonsensical and a miscarriage of justice to the Bevins and other divorce litigants in Kentucky.—
Lucas Aulbach,
Louisville Courier Journal,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Unjustified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unjustified. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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