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Definition of unwarranted adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

unwarranted

adjective

NAmE//ʌnˈwɔrəntəd//

, NAmE//ʌnˈwɑrəntəd//

(formal)

not reasonable or necessary; not appropriate synonym unjustified Much of the criticism was totally unwarranted. They condemned the new law as an unwarranted intrusion into people's private lives.

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