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unwarranted

adjective

No English definition recorded for this entry.

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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English un- English warranted English unwarranted From un- + warranted.

  1. Not warranted; being without warrant, authority, or guaranty; unwarrantable.
  2. Unjustified, inappropriate or undeserved.

    The attack was so unwarranted and delivered with such venom that his unpreparedness for it left him speechless.

    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.