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unjustifiably

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For a stock to have been unjustifiably punished, it must have seen improving earnings estimates over the past three months and a lagging stock price.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

But a big part of that discount might be because of a mirage created by accounting rules which reduces Salesforce’s near-term earnings unjustifiably, Nygren says.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 5, 2026

When Mr. Sveen says wolves “ruined” 40 lambs in one night, we assume he means they were left dead and uneaten and this enrages him, not unjustifiably.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

By the time the first camp registrations opened in January, I’d proven that I could meet deadlines outside of normal working hours, and camp for two kids was unjustifiably expensive.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2025

Several other similarly dramatic adventures follow in his history, the last of which landed him, wholly unjustifiably, in prison for ten years.

From Studies in Forensic Psychiatry by Glueck, Bernard