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Recent Examples of unjustified
In turn, Newsom has signed off on generous contracts for the union, even manipulating compensation comparison studies to justify unjustified raises.
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The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 2 July 2025
This request may be barking at the moon, but DeSantis should veto SB 268, a huge, unjustified public records exemption that would allow most public officials to keep secret their home addresses and personal telephone numbers.
—Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2025
And in Amici States, the unjustified deployment of military personnel to California stokes fear that the same will happen throughout the nation.
—Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
According to court documents and several former Elkhart officers, their aggressive tactics here targeted citizens, especially Black residents, with harassment, unjustified force and bogus arrests.
—Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 4 July 2025
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The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 2 July 2025
This request may be barking at the moon, but DeSantis should veto SB 268, a huge, unjustified public records exemption that would allow most public officials to keep secret their home addresses and personal telephone numbers.
—Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2025
And in Amici States, the unjustified deployment of military personnel to California stokes fear that the same will happen throughout the nation.
—Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
According to court documents and several former Elkhart officers, their aggressive tactics here targeted citizens, especially Black residents, with harassment, unjustified force and bogus arrests.
—Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 4 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unjustified
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The same could be true of the recent cost estimates, but construction technology has advanced in the past half century, so that lower costs per mile are not unreasonable.—
Michael Lynch,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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Barbara Attard, a police accountability expert, said meet and confer can last months, but beyond a year is unreasonable.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 July 2025
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The firm’s Hype Cycle normalizes — even glamorizes — the irrational, costly overpromising and overselling that hype entails.—
Eric Siegel,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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And even some buyers who pride themselves on discipline and efficiency turn somewhat irrational.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
28 July 2025
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Still, any rumors of a falling-out with Sánchez appear to be unfounded.—
Heather Hunter,
The Washington Examiner,
30 July 2025
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However, a rep for Collins confirmed to TMZ that those rumors are unfounded.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
28 July 2025
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Some Gen Zers defended the stare as a response to illogical questions from customers, while others acknowledged it as a reflection of anxiety in social interactions.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
16 July 2025
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The android, played by Alexander Skarsgård, is often fed up with humans and their illogical, self-defeating choices.—
Omar L. Gallaga,
Los Angeles Times,
11 July 2025
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An unwarranted threat Miami-Dade’s school district may prevent it.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
24 July 2025
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Peralta’s head of operations, Greg Nelson, said in an interview that one of the new terms Marina did not agree with was a penalty for unwarranted use of force.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
17 July 2025
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The Big Beautiful Bill is supposed to revitalize our economy, but the president who asked for it is destroying that economy with his erratic, uninformed and ill-judged dictatorial outbursts.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
13 July 2025
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Rogers led McMorrow on a uninformed ballot by about 4 percentage points (48 percent to 44 percent), but when voters were told more information about each candidate, McMorrow led by 4 points (51 percent to 47 percent).—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 July 2025
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Putin talks with Iranian foreign minister Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday told Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi in Moscow that aggression against Iran was groundless.—
Susan Miller,
USA Today,
24 June 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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The Nunez contract is invalid because it was improperly solicited or procured.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 July 2025
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Maxwell has appealed her case to the Supreme Court, saying her conviction was invalid because of an earlier deal Epstein made with federal prosecutors.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
28 July 2025
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“Unjustified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unjustified. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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