for no good reason

idiom

: with no acceptable explanation
She left for no good reason.

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That’s certainly something a lot of adaptations fail at, either inserting too much of the filmmakers’ politics or simply changing the story for no good reason. Erik Kain, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024 What happens if the new president tells the FBI to arrest you for no good reason? David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024 Harold and the Purple Crayon makes the classic Hollywood mistake of taking a story that was lovely because of its concision and simplicity and turns it into a movie that is overly long and complicated for no good reason. Jen Chaney, Vulture, 2 Aug. 2024 The traditional law of mortgages complicates all those amendments for no good reason. Joshua Stein, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for for no good reason 

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“For no good reason.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20no%20good%20reason. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.

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