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English
Etymology
From un- + warranted.
Adjective
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, 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
Translations
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)
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See also
References
- “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.