unwarranted

English edit

Etymology edit

From un- +‎ warranted.

Adjective edit

unwarranted (comparative more unwarranted, superlative most unwarranted)

Not warranted; being without warrant, authority, or guaranty; unwarrantable.
Unjustified, inappropriate or undeserved.
- 1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 62:
  The attack was so unwarranted and delivered with such venom that his unpreparedness for it left him speechless.
- 2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes‎^[1], page 312:
  The dictionaries themselves cover this additional lexis in what can best be described as a piecemeal fashion, with an obvious but unwarranted bias towards colonial era lexis.
- 2021 September 22, “Network News: Union threatens to escalate Class 360s dispute with EMR”, in RAIL, number 940, page 23:
  This strike action by the RMT is completely unwarranted and unjustified.

Related terms edit

Translations edit

being without warrant, authority or guaranty

Bulgarian: негарантиран (negarantiran)
Dutch: ongerechtvaardigd (nl), onbevoegd (nl)
Georgian: დაუსაბუთებელი (dausabutebeli), გაუმართლებელი (gaumartlebeli)
German: unberechtigt (de), unbefugt (de)
Icelandic: ástæðulaus (is) m, óréttmætur m, óréttmætur m, óréttlætanlegur m, óafsakanlegur m
Manx: neuvarrantit, gyn barrantys, gyn raane
Swedish: otillbörlig (sv), orättmätig (sv), oskälig (sv)

unjustified

Bulgarian: незаслужен (bg) (nezaslužen)
Dutch: ongegrond (nl), ongerechtvaardigd (nl), onverantwoord (nl)
German: ungerechtfertigt, unbegründet (de)
Italian: ingiustificato (it) m, immotivato (it) m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: utilbørlig (no), upassende (no)

See also edit

warrantless

References edit

“unwarranted”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
“unwarranted”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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