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Recent Examples of unjustified
As the moon and Venus clash, someone’s unwillingness to meet you halfway isn’t unjustified.
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Usa Today, USA Today, 12 Mar. 2026
Williams is relatively clueless beyond opposition to unjustified, racially discriminatory use of lethal force on display in the deaths of Trayvon Martin, George Floyd and a disturbing chronicle of other homicides.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 5 Mar. 2026
The standoff reveals deepening tensions between Washington and a key NATO ally who refuses to back what Sánchez calls an unjustified military assault.
—Joseph Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
The payouts are for everything from unjustified street stops to wrongful arrests and convictions.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 2 Mar. 2026
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Usa Today, USA Today, 12 Mar. 2026
Williams is relatively clueless beyond opposition to unjustified, racially discriminatory use of lethal force on display in the deaths of Trayvon Martin, George Floyd and a disturbing chronicle of other homicides.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 5 Mar. 2026
The standoff reveals deepening tensions between Washington and a key NATO ally who refuses to back what Sánchez calls an unjustified military assault.
—Joseph Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
The payouts are for everything from unjustified street stops to wrongful arrests and convictions.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 2 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unjustified
Adjective
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Chicago residents must not be subject to unreasonable searches and seizures.—
Tracy Baim,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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As in Williams’ case, attorneys argued that a sweep had violated the plaintiffs’ Fourth Amendment rights protecting them from unreasonable search and seizure, as well as their 14th Amendment right to due process.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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There’s something both early American and midcentury modern in the design of these solid-oak vanities, which arrived just as everyone seems to have gotten over an irrational fear of brown furniture.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
31 Mar. 2026
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The answer turned out to be four more years of sacrifice, struggle, and hope that must have felt, at times, completely irrational.—
Sharon McMahon,
Glamour,
25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Local election officials told the county Board of Supervisors last month that the complaint was unfounded.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
31 Mar. 2026
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The lesion that was removed from his brain is from the part of the brain that causes moments of unfounded fear.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
29 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Adapted by Nesbo from his fifth Harry Hole mystery (The Snowman was the seventh), Detective Hole is padded by several episodes, and the finale arrives at a conclusion that is somewhere between illogical and wholly ludicrous.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Mar. 2026
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As a player, Q was erratic, illogical, and self-destructive — at one point requesting to be voted out at Tribal Council.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
25 Feb. 2026
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Instead, public guidance was at times delivered with unwarranted confidence and revised too slowly as evidence evolved.—
Charles J. Lockwood,
STAT,
31 Mar. 2026
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His lawyer Tikaram Bhattarai told Reuters that the arrest was unwarranted.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2026
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Central to Maryland’s affordability crisis is the uninformed economic philosophy of Maryland Democrats.—
Torrey Snow,
Baltimore Sun,
1 Apr. 2026
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Alejandro Ríos, a cultural analyst and writer based in Miami, said that by excluding the Cuban people from the negotiations, the government continues a long-standing strategy of keeping the public uninformed.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Lawmakers, judges and other public servants, all under groundless presidential attack.—
James D. Zirin,
Washington Post,
3 Feb. 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
Adjective
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Because the mind is always interrupting with nonsensical thoughts that are completely meaningless, most of the time, and a lot of times negative.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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The content is cheap to make, often bizarre or nonsensical, and engineered to grab and hold young (or really, any) viewers’ attention.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Unjustified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unjustified. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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