unjustified
adjective
un·jus·ti·fied
ˌən-ˈjə-stə-ˌfīd 
: not justified: such as
a
: not demonstrably correct or judicious : not warranted or appropriate
unjustified anger
an unjustified punishment
b
: not spaced to be even
unjustified lines of text
an unjustified margin
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But government lawyers argued in a filing at the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that the restriction on the portion of the report about election interference charges was unnecessary and unjustified.
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Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
Shares of Apple advanced 30% in 2024, but Moffett believes that this rally higher has been largely unjustified.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 7 Jan. 2025
In a brief authored by Tricia Wilson Magee and other attorneys from Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick and Latham & Watkins, NASCAR depicts the plaintiffs’ motion to expedite as an unjustified and unnecessary ruse.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2024
Labour’s urgency in raising revenue isn’t unjustified.
—airmail.news, 21 Sep. 2024
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Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
Shares of Apple advanced 30% in 2024, but Moffett believes that this rally higher has been largely unjustified.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 7 Jan. 2025
In a brief authored by Tricia Wilson Magee and other attorneys from Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick and Latham & Watkins, NASCAR depicts the plaintiffs’ motion to expedite as an unjustified and unnecessary ruse.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2024
Labour’s urgency in raising revenue isn’t unjustified.
—airmail.news, 21 Sep. 2024
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“Unjustified.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unjustified. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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