unjustified
adjective
un·jus·ti·fied
ˌən-ˈjə-stə-ˌfīd 
: not justified: such as
a
: not demonstrably correct or judicious : not warranted or appropriate
unjustified anger
an unjustified punishment
b
: not spaced to be even
unjustified lines of text
an unjustified margin
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After the investigation was presented to a Tarrant County Grand Jury and was reviewed by the department’s Internal Affairs Unit, Barron’s chain of command determined that the level of force used was unjustified.
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Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2024
Paris prosecutors found the young woman’s complaint to be unjustified and didn’t pursue a prosecution, Attal said, following which, the government decided to sue the girl for falsely accusing the principal.
—Joseph Ataman, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
On the other side is the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, which contends that the FDA's loosening of restrictions is unjustified and unsafe.
—Nina Totenberg, NPR, 26 Mar. 2024
This is a preference which is neither unjustified nor reprehensible.
—Wanjiru Njoya, Orange County Register, 13 Feb. 2024
There’s the ongoing–and unjustified–litigation around glyphosate, an essential herbicide that environmental regulators in every major country have assessed as safe.
—Bill Anderson, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2024
In November, he was sentenced to six months of home detention after pleading guilty to misconduct in office that included unjustified arrests and detaining bystanders who criticized or tried to record him.
—Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2024
Those cases, the lawyers argued, show the charges against their client were unjustified and politically motivated.
—Devlin Barrett, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2024
The Alabama court found that people can be held legally responsible for the destruction of embryos under the state’s Wrongful Death Act, which says that an unjustified or negligent act that leads to someone’s death is a civil offense.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2024
Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2024
Paris prosecutors found the young woman’s complaint to be unjustified and didn’t pursue a prosecution, Attal said, following which, the government decided to sue the girl for falsely accusing the principal.
—Joseph Ataman, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
On the other side is the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, which contends that the FDA's loosening of restrictions is unjustified and unsafe.
—Nina Totenberg, NPR, 26 Mar. 2024
This is a preference which is neither unjustified nor reprehensible.
—Wanjiru Njoya, Orange County Register, 13 Feb. 2024
There’s the ongoing–and unjustified–litigation around glyphosate, an essential herbicide that environmental regulators in every major country have assessed as safe.
—Bill Anderson, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2024
In November, he was sentenced to six months of home detention after pleading guilty to misconduct in office that included unjustified arrests and detaining bystanders who criticized or tried to record him.
—Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2024
Those cases, the lawyers argued, show the charges against their client were unjustified and politically motivated.
—Devlin Barrett, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2024
The Alabama court found that people can be held legally responsible for the destruction of embryos under the state’s Wrongful Death Act, which says that an unjustified or negligent act that leads to someone’s death is a civil offense.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2024
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“Unjustified.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unjustified. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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