unjustifiable
adjective
un·jus·ti·fi·able
ˌən-ˈjə-stə-ˌfī-ə-bəl 
: unable to be justified : not excusable or justifiable
an unjustifiable decision
taking an unjustifiable risk
unjustifiable expenses
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Examples of unjustifiable in a Sentence
an unjustifiable attack that must be avenged
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The Town has spent over $150,000, and counting, in boarding and legal fees to continue to fight these impractical and unjustifiable cases.
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Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2024
To add insult to injury, the RGB brazenly pushes certain myths to excuse unjustifiable rent increases.
—David R. Jones, New York Daily News, 28 May 2024
Such largesse will be politically unjustifiable in what promises to be a tough postwar economy.
—Yohanan Plesner, Foreign Affairs, 19 Dec. 2023
One Detroit officer in the Free Press review wasn’t criminally charged in a shooting even the department deemed unjustifiable.
—Detroit Free Press, 21 Apr. 2024
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Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2024
To add insult to injury, the RGB brazenly pushes certain myths to excuse unjustifiable rent increases.
—David R. Jones, New York Daily News, 28 May 2024
Such largesse will be politically unjustifiable in what promises to be a tough postwar economy.
—Yohanan Plesner, Foreign Affairs, 19 Dec. 2023
One Detroit officer in the Free Press review wasn’t criminally charged in a shooting even the department deemed unjustifiable.
—Detroit Free Press, 21 Apr. 2024
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“Unjustifiable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unjustifiable. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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