unwarrantedly
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a word derived from
warranted.
warrantedadjectivejustified or well-founded.
Example Sentences
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When I mentioned the film on Twitter, I received a few responses citing the critical line about the film at the time of its release—which was sharply and, I thought, unwarrantedly negative.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 13, 2016
From brokerage offices have poured forth a flood of market letters, rumors and reports that painted the current economic picture in unwarrantedly pessimistic colors.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Last January a straw poll of the 32,000 students at U.T.'s main campus in Austin showed 80% favoring Erwin's impeachment on the ground that he had "unwarrantedly interfered" with school operations.
From Time Magazine Archive
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He takes such consistency, even if unwarrantedly, for granted.
From The Philosophy of Spinoza by Joseph Ratner
The Commission went into the Pullman affair, quite unwarrantedly, according to the corporation, which was comfortably out of the mess.
From The Web of Life by Robert Herrick