warranted

[ wawr-uhn-tid, wor- ]

/ ˈwɔr ən tɪd, ˈwɒr- /

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adjective

justified or well-founded: There is thus no cause for uncertainty here, and no warranted basis for any speculation.

backed or covered by a warranty or guarantee: If you don't distance the turbines from each other, the turbulence from their wakes may reduce their warranted life.

authorized: Every significant business decision made by a warranted contracting officer must be reviewed by an independent board.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of warrant.

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Origin of warranted

warrant + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM warranted

non·war·rant·ed, adjectivequa·si-war·rant·ed, adjectiveun·war·rant·ed, adjectiveun·war·rant·ed·ly, adverb

well-war·rant·ed, adjective

Words nearby warranted

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How to use warranted in a sentence

Shopify has already exercised a quarter of those warrants, while the rest is set to convert upon the IPO.
Shopify will be a major winner in Affirm’s IPO|Lucinda Shen|November 19, 2020|Fortune
Border Patrol was making the courthouse arrests without warrants and not only violating the constitutional rights of those they arrested, but creating a “chilling effect” on noncitizen witnesses, the complaint argued.
Judge Bars Immigration Arrests at San Diego’s Federal Courthouse|Maya Srikrishnan|November 18, 2020|Voice of San Diego
Two officers with the department’s warrant apprehension task force were in an unmarked vehicle conducting surveillance for a domestic violence warrant in the Rosemont neighborhood when the incident occurred, Harrison said.
Baltimore police fatally shot person who fired at officers, commissioner says|Emily Davies|November 9, 2020|Washington Post
Michigan’s Proposition 22, which requires a search warrant for electronic and data and communications, will pass with wide margins.
Here are the main tech ballot initiatives that passed in this election|Abby Ohlheiser|November 4, 2020|MIT Technology Review

Mattingly claims that he has suffered “severe trauma and emotional distress” after being shot in the leg by Walker while executing the search warrant on March 13th.
Officer Involved In Killing Of Breonna Taylor Files Lawsuit Against Taylor’s Boyfriend|Kirsten West Savali|October 30, 2020|Essence.com
Until these nations can provide basic health care, the fear is warranted.
Is This Ebola's Tipping Point?|Kent Sepkowitz|August 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Isaacs says that the epidemic is inciting panic worldwide that, in his opinion, may soon be warranted.
Ebola Experts Warn of an African ‘Apocalypse’|Abby Haglage|August 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After advising against travel to the affected areas, Frieden said increased caution is warranted.
Two American Ebola Patients Coming Home to U.S. for Treatment|Abby Haglage|August 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Were they keeping a list instead of getting their work done, perhaps discipline is warranted.
The First Amendment Works, But Does it Work Blue?|Kevin Bleyer|July 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Governments at all levels will face short-term costs, of course, but the economic fear of immigrants has never been warranted.
These Undocumented Teens Outsmarted MIT—and Still Cant Get Real Jobs in America|Jonathan Alter|July 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Yet no body of professing Christians are warranted in uniting in covenant with those who hold not the truth.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham
But no one is therefore warranted in maintaining that to apply it so, is to use it in things religious.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham
It was not my good fortune to be allowed to follow up my plans, which almost warranted a certainty of success.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
We are warranted to maintain that what was Covenanted before, no less than it should be performed, should be vowed again.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham
Nor when either of them was resorted to, seeing that any one of them was warranted, was the vow left unpaid.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham